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Have you ever seen and listened to a cricket? What is your favorite nature sound? Share your thoughts in the comment below.

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At church we practice kindness. We practice listening to each other as a way to be kind. It’s part of our Second UU Principle, “Be kind in all you do.” So what’s one of the ways our faith guides us into becoming a people of deep listening? It tells us to “Listen to your heart telling you to be kind!”  Share how you practice kindness in the comments below.

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When we listen to another person, we give them a gift of listening with our hearts. May we be like the little rabbit.  After listening to the story, share in the comments how you are like rabbit.

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The Rabbit Listened | Virtual Read Aloud | Listening | Shon's Stories

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A mindfulness song!

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Listening (mindful moment with the kids)

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Count your heartbeat.  Learn how by clicking here.

Try each of the different physical activities below. Give yourself 1 to 2 minutes between each to let your heart rate recover before starting the next activity.

1. Sitting in a chair - relaxed

2. Standing - relaxed

3. After walking in place at a leisurely pace for 3 minutes

4. After speed walking in place for 2 minutes

5. After 2 minutes of jogging in place

6. After doing 25 jumping jacks

7. After running in place as fast as possible for 1 minute

Why do you think we use the phrase “listen with your heart” when the heart doesn’t really listen?

Why do you think the heart is considered the center of our spirit?

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When it comes to deep listening, we lift up the importance of decentering whiteness, we need to listen to BIPOC voices and place those BIPOC voices at the center of our storytelling and discussions. So what’s one of the ways our faith guides us into becoming a people of deep listening? It says, “White UU’s, listen to BIPOC voices and actively work to bring them into the center of our faith!”

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The acronym, which stands for black, Indigenous and people of color, is suddenly everywhere. Is it doing its job?

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Around Our Way On Neighbor's Day! by Tameka Fryer Brown

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Take a walk outdoors and listen for all the nature sounds you can hear. You may hear human sounds like cars, people’s voices and more. Focus on the sounds of nature. Come back and share what you have heard!

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Our faith reminds us that deep listening to people is important, so much so that we’ve put it in the second of our UU sources: “Words and deeds of prophetic people which challenge us to confront powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion and the transforming power of love.” Maybe you can find a book that speaks to you at the UUA bookstore.

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New Books from Beacon Press and Skinner House

Rose's Corner
Our warehouse is processing all orders as usual. You may place orders online, email us at bookstore@uua.org, or call and leave us a voicemail at 1-800-215-9076. However, the offices of the UUA, including inSpirit, are closed to walk in visitors.

Dear Friends,

Apples are on the trees. There's a crispness in the air. It feels like fall in New England. This October we've selected a variety of titles to honor LGBTQ History Month. As always, we are proud to share new books from Beacon Press and Skinner House that we think you will find thought-provoking and helpful.

I also want to share some personal news. I am retiring from the Bookstore after 22 wonderful years. I am so fortunate to have found the perfect job, where I have met so many lovely people who are committed to making the world a better place. Many thanks to all of you.

Take care,

Rose

To view the newest inSpirit catalog and a pdf of all of our titles, click .

We Are Unitarian Universalists

Honor LGBTQ History Month

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inSpirit: UUA Bookstore and Gift Shop: Home Page

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New Books from Beacon Press and Skinner House Rose's Corner Our warehouse is processing all orders as usual. You may place orders online, email us at bookstore@uua.org, or call and leave us a voicemail at 1-800-215-9076. However, the offices of the UUA, including inSpirit, are closed to walk in visitors.

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We listen to our wise ones. They teach us things and comfort us. Who would you like to tell that they are an important person to you? Think of that person and something that you learned from them. Is there a family member who can write your words down? What thing would you like to tell them about? Make a card and include your words, and then decorate it.