02-17-2019
11:14 am - 12:15 pm
Family Ministry Office

Another’s Shoes

To explore the experience of empathy is to understand more deeply the first Unitarian Universalist principle: the inherent worth and dignity of all people (and all beings.) The Merriam-Webster online dictionary’s definition of “empathy” includes “the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another.” Empathy is the necessary action behind love, forgiveness, compassion and caring, and the driving forces of most good works in our world. Cures for disease, laws protecting the vulnerable, charitable contributions and even wars fought to end brutality, are examples of the results of empathy.

Take it Home

Take a story that your family is familiar with and take turns telling it from the perspective of the different characters. For example, tell the story of the Three Little Pigs from the perspective of the Wolf.

Check it out: Session #4