Monday, September 28, 2015

September 2015
Theme: Conviction


Belief and Doubt
~Game: Two Truths and a Lie
Instruct each player to think of three statements about themselves. Two must be true statements, and one must be false. For each person, he or she shares the three statements (in any order) to the group. The goal of the game is to determine which statement is false. The group votes on which one they feel is a lie, and at the end of each round, the person reveals which one was the lie.
~Book Suggestions: Find Belief and Doubt in;
            Imani’s Moon by Janay Brown-Wood
            Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Quote from Peter Pan, by JM Barrie
“The moment where you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever being able to do it.”
What does this mean?  What does doubt mean? How does doubt impact what you do?



Conviction
.A quote from The Lorax by T.D. Geisel
“… all that the Lorax left here in this mess was a small pile of rocks, with one word...
UNLESS.
But now, says the Once-ler…, UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better. It's not.    

What does that mean?

Can one person make a difference in the world?

Do you believe that you can make a difference in the world?

Does believing help you in making a difference?

UU Connection: UU Principle #4 We Search for what is true and #5 All people have a voice


Monday, September 14, 2015



September Theme: Conviction



A person has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding to it, shaping it, and one's religion is never complete and final, it seems, but must always be undergoing modification.” 
- D. H. Lawrence

Questions for Reflection
1. Do you agree or disagree with Lawrence’s statement?
a. Why or why not?
2. What shapes or has shaped your religious views?
3. When it comes to religious conviction, are belief and doubt mutually exclusive?  Explain.

You’re invited to post your reflections below.