Family Soul Matters
Soul Matters Themes for 2019-2020
What Does It Mean to be a People of…
CORE THEME SACRED WORD PATH DESCRIPTION & GUIDING QUESTION
Sept (Expectation) Faith The path of hopeful expectation.
In what do I trust?
Oct (Belonging) Mysticism The path of belonging to something larger than ourselves.
Does who I am end at the barrier of my skin?
Nov (Attention) Prayer The path of turning our attention to what matters most
What is my life trying to say to me?
Dec (Awe) Reverence The path of traveling through the world with amazement
What is sacred?
Jan (Integrity) Soul The path of living from the inside out
What is my path?
Feb (Resilience) Grace The path of trusting in a Love that will not let you go.
Do I have to make it through on my own? Is it all up to me?
March (Wisdom) Awakening The path of untangling yourself from what you’ve been taught
Is this all there is?
April (Liberation) Surrender The path of saving yourself by giving yourself away.
How do I escape my ego and small self?
May (Thresholds) Blessing The path of making visible and calling forth the gifts that get us
through.
Where do I find the courage to step into the new?
June (Play) Myth The path of shaping our reality with the stories we tell.
Can our stories be re-written? Are we puppets or playwrights?
Sept (Expectation) Faith The path of hopeful expectation.
In what do I trust?
Oct (Belonging) Mysticism The path of belonging to something larger than ourselves.
Does who I am end at the barrier of my skin?
Nov (Attention) Prayer The path of turning our attention to what matters most
What is my life trying to say to me?
Dec (Awe) Reverence The path of traveling through the world with amazement
What is sacred?
Jan (Integrity) Soul The path of living from the inside out
What is my path?
Feb (Resilience) Grace The path of trusting in a Love that will not let you go.
Do I have to make it through on my own? Is it all up to me?
March (Wisdom) Awakening The path of untangling yourself from what you’ve been taught
Is this all there is?
April (Liberation) Surrender The path of saving yourself by giving yourself away.
How do I escape my ego and small self?
May (Thresholds) Blessing The path of making visible and calling forth the gifts that get us
through.
Where do I find the courage to step into the new?
June (Play) Myth The path of shaping our reality with the stories we tell.
Can our stories be re-written? Are we puppets or playwrights?
March
Family and Parent Resources
Story to Read Together
The Wisdom of your Body: I am Jazz (for Transgender Day of Visibility Mar 31)
by Jessica Herthel (Author), Jazz Jennings (Author), Shelagh McNicholas (Illustrator)
Family Discovery
The Wisdom of Simplicity: Make a Kite
Family Movie Night Ideas
Song of the Sea
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/song-of-the-sea
Story to Read Together
The Wisdom of your Body: I am Jazz (for Transgender Day of Visibility Mar 31)
by Jessica Herthel (Author), Jazz Jennings (Author), Shelagh McNicholas (Illustrator)
Family Discovery
The Wisdom of Simplicity: Make a Kite
Family Movie Night Ideas
Song of the Sea
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/song-of-the-sea
An Article to Read: Learning to Raise Lifelong UU’s
“But I have a vision that soon, when a UU group is asked to show how many were raised UU, more than half will lift up their hands in joy—no longer strangers but companions on a shared journey of building a better world.”
~Barbara Wells Ten Hove
~Barbara Wells Ten Hove