1. The Minister's Religious Odyssey
   Our Spiritual Paths
   UU Theological Options: Reform Judaism and Liberal Christianity Theism/Transcendentalism

2. UU Theological Options (cont): Religious Humanism, Atheism, and Agnosticism
   Neo-Paganism, Pantheism, and Panentheism

3. UU History, Principles and Purposes
   YRUU, Campus Ministry, and Young Adult Efforts
   Questions for the Minister
   UU Ritual and Worship

Part 1

Reform Judaism and Liberal Christianity
What is there in Reform Judaism and liberal Christianity that can create meaning and purpose in your life? How might you take the example and teachings of Jesus and other Biblical prophets more seriously? What do you find appealing in Jewish and Christian stories and symbols? Do you believe there is an intimate connection between the divine and human? That meaning in life is found in fulfilling our potential to love others and to love God? That good may come out of suffering? Why or why not?

Theism/Transcendentalism
Do you believe that reason is enough? That there is a spiritual realm or divine force which can be known only by mystical experience? That the only truths worth knowing are revealed beautifully, obviously, and intuitively in our hearts and souls?

Part 2

Religious Humanism, Atheism, and Agnosticism
Do you place a high value on human experience; on justice, equity and compassion; and on religious efforts in this time and place? Do you believe God does not exist? Why? Is this a matter of faith? Are you not sure whether God exists? What is the benefit of this stand? The problem? Does an agnostic stance underlie North American Unitarian Universalism?

Neo-Paganism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
What ties bind you with the earth, your physical self, and the divine within? Do you believe God encompasses both love and unity and pain, injustice, and chaos? Are there a variety of creating and destroying forces in the universe (scrambled egg)? Is God both in the world and transcending the world (intact egg)? What leads you to a larger truth, keeps you humble, and allows you to live together in love?

Part 3

Historically, what do "Unitarian" and "Universalist" mean? How did freedom, reason, and tolerance inform our Unitarian and Universalist faith traditions? Why did our association of congregations in North America agree upon a set of Principles and Purposes? What is your favorite UU principle? Why? Are you aware of Young Religious Unitarian Universalist (YRUU) programs and initiatives? How about district and denominational Campus Ministry and Young Adult efforts? What questions do you have about our Unitarian Universalist faith? What aspects of Unitarian Universalist ritual and worship do you find most appealing? Least appealing? What would you include in a Sunday Youth Service?