Possible venues and formats
for
"Spiritual Paths in Unitarian-Universalism"
Here are 9 possible ways in which the Spiritual
Paths Project might be manifest:
1. Sunday morning series
Once several different presenters
have been identified,
their names and brief descriptions of their
spiritual paths will be made
available to UU congregations that might want
to have a series of speakers
presenting some of the diversity of UU thinking
and spiritual practice.
2. Religious Education
programs
Some of these presenters could
participate in religious education programs
in our congregations, especially for youth,
who may wish to meet
living representatives of spiritual
options within Unitarian-Universalism.
3. Campus Ministry and
other Young Adult programs
Young UUs are always interested
in exploring spiritual options.
A young adult conference could be devoted
to Spiritual Paths in Unitarian Universalism.
4. Adult Education programs
A series of evening meetings
could feature one presenter per week.
This would give adult UUs ample opportunity
to question living representatives of these
spiritual traditions.
5. Adult Education curriculum
Some of the presenters could
create a series
of discussion-guides that could be used wherever
UUs gather for discussion.
Such a curriculum could include contributors
from anywhere in the world.
6. Magazine articles
Those spiritual traditions
that lend themselves well to expression in words
could be presented in a magazine article or
series of articles,
possibly with responses to each presentation
from others who were included in the series.
The World, The Journal of the UUA,
might be interested in such a series.
An electronic magazine could be created for
UUs 'on line'.
Philosophical-theological diversity has been
a perennial theme in UU circles.
And such a series could help readers to identify
just where they stand
in the array of the various spiritual traditions
within Unitarian-Universalism.
7. Panel discussions
Perhaps at the conclusion of
a series of sermons
or adult education meetings,
all the presenters could be gathered for a
panel,
in which they would interact with one another,
exploring their similarities and differences.
8. A book
If the other forms of presentation
work well,
some of the representatives could be asked
to write chapters for a book.
9. A website
This website could include
an outline
of the introductory presentation of each specific
spiritual path
and an organized bibliography of the best
books for each spiritual path.
If this website achieves wide inclusiveness
and high quality,
it could be linked from the UUA website.
We need a simple way to introduce visitors
to UUism to our spiritual diversity.
Here are two of the UUA-affiliated
organizations that already have web-sites:
Covenant of
Unitarian Universalist Pagans:
http://www.cuups.org
Unitarian
Universalist Buddhist Fellowship:
http://www.uua.org/uubf/
Other formats and venues
may be suggested
as the more obvious ones are achieved: debates,
public access TV,
audio or video series of the best presenters,
radio panel discussions, etc.
Spiritual Paths in Unitarian-Universalism
should become an on-going project,
with various manifestations each year
in different places and thru different media.
The list of participants will be open and
fluid.
The organizers of each series of sermons,
adult education programs, magazine articles,
book chapters, etc.
will be responsible for selecting participants
for that particular series.
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