This page contains resources I've found helpful in my own formation.
Jessica Dore, 2021, Tarot For Change: Using The Cards for Transformation
This work explores each of the 78 tarot cards as tools for personal and collective transformation, using lenses of psychotherapy and folklore.
Jean McMann, 1998, Altars and Icons: Sacred Spaces In Everyday Life
A collection of photos and essays about the altars that people make, maintain, and find meaning in.
Maria Harris, 1989, Fashion Me A People: Curriculum In The Church
Written from a Mainline Protestant context, this text urges readers to consider faith formation as an endeavor that happens in all programming of the church.
Unitarian Universalist Association, Tapestry of Faith
A searchable archive of the UUA's lifespan faith development curricula - a resource I have used in planning lessons for children & youth.
Unitarian Universalist Association, 2001, Essex Conversations: Visions for Lifespan Religious Education
A collection of essays speaking to the (then) current state of Unitarian Universalist faith engagement, and imagining the future of that field.
Unitarian Universalist Association, 2023 - , Threshold Conversations
The Threhold Conversations is a project of conversations hosted by the UUA's Office of Lifespan Faith Engagement building on the Essex Conversations collected at the turn of the 21st Century.
Margot Adler, 2006, Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America
A "completely revised and updated edition" surveying Paganism in the United States in the latter half of the 20th Century, written by a Unitarian Universalist Pagan.
Mychal Copeland & D'vorah Rose, 2016, Struggling In Good Faith: LGBTQI Inclusion From 13 American Religious Perspectives
An anthology of scholar-practitioners from various religious traditions examining the context and trajectory of their traditions' inclusion of LGBTQ+ people of faith.
Unitarian Universalist Studies Network, Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography
An online encyclopedia of historical figures in Universalism, Unitarianism, and Unitarian Universalism.
Apostolos N. Athanassakis & Benjamin M. Wolkow, 2013, The Orphic Hymns
A translation and contextual commentary on hymns I use in my own devotional practices.
Louise Glück, 2012, Poems 1962-2012
A 50-year retrospective, many of Glück's poems evoke frank conversations with the Divine.
Pat Mosley, Dylan Ce, Redbud Collective, & Friends, 2017, Arcane Perfection: An Anthology by Queer, Trans and Intersex Witches
A collection of interviews and poems exploring gender, sexuality, witchcraft, and Paganism.
Gunilla Norris, 1993, Becoming Bread: Meditations on Loving and Transformation
A collection of poems and reflections on bread-baking (a sacred practice of mine) as a metaphor of transformation.
Emma Pauly, 2019, The Bacchae
A translation of Euripides' play by a nonbinary classicist, which leans into the gender-ambiguity of the God Dionysos.
Julián Jamaica Soto, 2024, Spilling The Light
A collection of spiritual poems on resilience and Soto's experiences as a trans Latine minister in our faith.
Unitarian Universalist Association, 2005, Singing The Journey: A Supplement to Singing The Living Tradition
"The Teal Hymnal" of Unitarian Universalist hymns.
Unitarian Universalist Association, 1993, Singing The Living Tradition
"The Gray Hymnal" of Unitarian Universalist hymns and readings.
Walter Earl Fluker, 2009, Ethical Leadership: The Quest for Character, Civility, and Community
A model for ethical reflection which encourages leaders to draw from their lives' and traditions' moral narratives.
Ivone Gebara, 1999, Longing For Running Water: Ecofeminism and Liberation
A reconstruction of Catholic theology oriented toward interdependence, eco-justice, and gender justice.
Laurel Schneider & Thelathia Nikki Young, 2021, Queer Soul and Queer Theology: Ethics and Redemption In Real Life
A reconstruction of virtue ethics for Queer Christianity.
Nedra Glover Tawwab, 2021, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide To Reclaiming Yourself
An exploration of boundaries and their maintenance issues as they appear in various kinds of relationships.
Sharon Welch, 2000, A Feminist Ethic of Risk: Revised Edition
An examination of an ethic of risk and responsible action found in womanist writings.
Erik Walker Wikstrom, 2010, Serving With Grace: Lay Leadership As A Spiritual Practice
A short book oriented toward leadership, this has helped shape my broader theology of service as religious practice.
Kimberley Debus, Notes From The Far Fringe
A website by the entrepreneurial minister Kimberley Debus, including reflections on the hymns found in Singing The Living Tradition and Singing The Journey.
Joyce Rupp, 2017, Prayer Seeds: A Gathering of Blessings, Reflections, and Poems for Spiritual Growth
A collection of prayers and rituals for observing different holy-days and life-rites.
Joyce Rupp & Macrina Wiederkehr, 2005, The Circle of Life: The Heart's Journey Through The Seasons
A collection of meditations, prayers, and rituals on the spiritual lessons of each season.
Carl Seaburg, 1993, The Communion Book
A collection of communion rituals oriented toward use in Unitarian Universalist services and celebrations.
Starhawk, 1999, The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess
A thealogy of gender and Paganism, this also captures Starhawk's years of experience leading and designing public rituals, including key considerations for doing so.
Unitarian Universalist Association, Braver/Wiser
This is the archive of a newsletter of reflections on various spiritual topics - a good source of readings for worship.