These are the readings that were shared at the Small Group Ministry meeting.

READINGS
 
By spiritual, I mean the ancient and abiding human quest for connectedness with something larger and much more trust-worthy than our egos—with our own, with one another, with the worlds of history and nature, with the invisible winds of the spirit, and with the mystery of being alive.    
-Parker Palmer, author
 
A spiritual practice is any regular, intentional activity that serves to significantly deepen the quality and content of your relationship with the miracle of life.
-Scott Alexander, author
 
The kind of spirituality I value is one in which you get great joy out of contributing to life, not just sitting and meditating, although meditation is certainly valuable. But from meditation, from the resulting consciousness, I would like to see people in action creating the world they want to live in.
-Marshall Rosenberg, psychologist
 
The spiritual path – is simplly the journey of living our lives. Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don’t know it.
-Marianne Williamson, peace activist
 
The great lesson…is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one’s daily life, in one’s neighbors, friends, and family, in one’s back yard.
-Abraham Maslow, psychologist
 
“Religion”.  It’s given people hope in a world torn apart by religion.
-Jon Stewart, comedian
 
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
-Dalai Lama
 
God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.
-Joseph Campbell, author
 
Any path to knowledge is a path to God - or Reality, whichever word one prefers to use.
-Arthur C. Clarke, author
 
I'm touched by the idea that when we do things that are useful and helpful - collecting these shards of spirituality - that we may be helping to bring about a healing.
- Leonard Nimoy, actor
 
 
 
mostly from:
Unitarian Universalist Small Group Ministry Network Website
Unitarian Universalist Church in Eugene, OR, January 2013 
Small Group Ministry Program
Personal Spiritual/Religious/Philosophic Journey