Essex ConversationsUnitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Contents
Educating for Faith | 1 |
Outside the Box | 11 |
Toward Wholeness and Liberation | 23 |
For the Generations to Come | 33 |
Changing Lenses | 43 |
Making Sure There Is a There There | 53 |
Useable Truth | 63 |
Spreading the Good News | 73 |
Doorway to the Sacred | 175 |
The Teacher as Spiritual Guide | 185 |
Seven Reminders | 197 |
Education as Liberation | 207 |
The Core of Our Evolving Unitarian Universalist Faith | 219 |
Margin and Center | 229 |
Looking Back | 237 |
Doing the Work of Becoming Unitarian Universalists | 247 |
Learning Types and Their Needs | 85 |
What Youth Want | 99 |
Youth Groups as a Model for Transformative Ministry | 107 |
Religion as Relationship | 123 |
Building Strong and Radical Religious Communities | 133 |
Building a Strong Community | 141 |
The Childrens Fire Is the Community Fire | 151 |
The Principle Behind the Principles | 161 |
Practicing the Scales of Rejoicing | 169 |
Taking Our Children Seriously | 255 |
Our Seven Principles | 263 |
Sunday School Is DeadLong Live Sunday School | 271 |
To Teach an Abiding Faith | 287 |
Childs Play | 297 |
Outcomebased Religious Education | 307 |
Recommended Readings | 317 |
Common terms and phrases
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