A Matter of Perspective

Unitarian Universalism is a living tradition. We expect that what we find to be true may change over time as new life experiences shape our search. This session guides participants to “seek the truth in love” again and again as part of their own search for meaning. As they learn to anticipate a lifelong search for not one but many truths, they discover how the lens of our own experiences determines the truths we find.

Take Home

Explore how you used to think about things differently than you do now and what helped you gain a different perspective. Or, tell about a time when you and another person held conflicting perspectives about an issue or idea and how your different perspectives affected your interaction. Share what you think it means when we say our fourth Principle is “the free and responsible search for truth and meaning.”

Retell a favorite or classic fairy tale from a different point of view (the novel and Broadway musical, Wicked, does this beautifully). Or, share a family story you all know, from multiple perspectives—each of your own, or those of made-up characters. Talk about how changing the perspective changes the story. Is the story still true? Why or why not?

Check it out: Session 13