Unitarian Religion

A powerful, engaging, and accessible introduction to Unitarian Universalism.

Looking for a spiritual home that welcomes your questions, your story, and your authentic self? This brief, powerful book offers an inspiring introduction to Unitarian Universalism from the perspective of Rev. John T. Crestwell, Jr.—a longtime minister, spiritual teacher, and passionate voice for love and justice. With warmth and clarity, Rev. John shares what Unitarian Universalism means to him and how it can offer guidance, community, and purpose to those seeking a more inclusive and evolving faith. This collection of accessible reflections, selected sermons, and personal insights gives...

In these chapters, you’ll find personal testimony to love’s power, reminders of the centrality of love throughout the long histories of Universalism and Unitarianism, and theologies of love drawn from many different expressions of Unitarian Universalism—from the natural world to the justice rally, to a loved one’s deathbed, to the quiet moment before a worship service begins. May Love at the Center serve as an invitation to deepen your own understanding and practices of love.

We are welcoming congregations. We say so on our church buildings, on our banners, in our sermons, and on our websites but does that message really ring true for visitors and newcomers to our faith and our worship services? Sometimes the building and the things and people inside that building can send a different message. What happens to a guest after they step inside is as important to the practice of hospitality as is the initial welcome. To be truly welcoming to people of all identities, backgrounds, and characteristics, a guest is not asked to conform to standardizations but is invited ...

This book is for the growing number of people who are disillusioned with traditional religion but still yearn for an experience of spirituality and religion that traverses a middle ground between the rigidity of religious orthodoxy and the emptiness of a completely secular culture. Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religious path that winds its way through that middle ground. But Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religious tradition that can be difficult to clearly understand and explain, sometimes seeming like only a hodge-podge of beliefs and values. Even longtime Unitarian ...

Nancy Palmer Jones and Karin Lin—a white minister and a lay person of color—share how five diverse congregations encounter frustrations and disappointments, as well as hope and wonder, once they commit to the journey. Mistakes abound. Miracles of transformation and joy emerge too.

Dennis McCarty’s Reflections: On Time, Culture, and Spirits in America weaves American history, culture, and science into a tour de force of what might be called, “atheist spirituality.” He ponders rain, wind, continental drift, nuclear power, Manifest Destiny, and the Native American genocide, to ask a crucial question for our time: How will we respond when the Native American past becomes the Euro-American future? McCarty’s writing is rapturously poetic in some places, discomfortingly frank in others. His conclusions may challenge some readers. But few will be able to forget this ...

Chaplain Kate Braestrup, the New York Times best-selling author of Here If You Need Me, has written a compelling new book on prayer for which her devoted fans have been clamoring. Beautifully written, with her astonishing signature stories of faith in action in real life, Beginner's Grace explains how to tap into grace with prayer - as well as how to pray, when to pray, and what to pray.

Jen Crow's transformation was triggered, quite literally, by a bolt of lightning. That jolt, which destroyed her home in a subsequent fire, forced her to consider what she really needed as she looked to rebuild her life. In Take What You Need, Crow opens new perspectives for all of us looking to understand our past, our unexpected suffering, our failures, so we too can begin charting a course forward. She invites us to explore the expected and unexpected turns our lives can take—and all the ways we can pay attention to what we truly need to survive and live lives of meaning.

In 1939 Rev. Waitstill Sharp, a young Unitarian minister, and his wife, Martha, a social worker, accepted a mission from the American Unitarian Association: They were to leave their home and young children in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and travel to Prague, Czechoslovakia, to help address the mounting refugee crisis. Armed with only $40,000, the Sharps quickly learned the art of spy craft and covertly sheltered political dissidents and Jews and helped them escape the Nazis.

NOTE: This Kindle edition comes with every chapter hyper linked to the Table of Contents. When Jesus spoke of “the Kingdom of Heaven” (in most Biblical translations), he was speaking of something quite different than our popular conception. A new rule of justice was breaking forth upon the world. It was so close, so impending, that one could taste it. He spoke of freedom to live in concert with other human beings. We’ve strayed quite far from this vision of peace. We’ve transmuted his call for justice and equality into a quest for personal immortality. The Common Humanity Bible (CHB...

Women have a secret set of powers when it comes to manifesting. I realized women are the original portals for manifesting. A spirit comes from another reality, lives in a woman's body, and then becomes a physical reality. With that, comes codes for manifesting that are written into the DNA of our bodies. These codes are not known by most women because, for many years women have been discriminated against and weren’t granted as many rights as men. Neither in the financial field, politics, nor in the family’s decision-making arena.

Best-selling author and six-figure online entrepreneur Brad Jones will show you how to achieve what you want in life by following a simple, yet highly effective, goal-setting formula. This book was created for the person who is starting to recognize their dissatisfaction with life. It's for those people who want an easy-to-follow system, which will lead them from their current position to a customized, ideal existence. Not only will you feel more satisfied with your renewed drive and direction, you'll also discover an increase in well-being and confidence that everyone will benefit from.

Microdacism is not a religion. Instead, it is a belief system that encourages the individual to think. Just because one is born into a religious or political system does not mean that Apostasy should be ignored. Every religion has fear factors built in to avoid apostasy, but it is up to the individual to think. In short, think for yourself. Microdacism then suggests strongly that one should evaluate the God concepts and rethink the idea of worship itself. According to Wikipedia, there are over a thousand Gods; all created by mankind. Sacred books are then invented to support the man-made ...

This book is a second collection of sermons delivered at the First Church in Barre, Universalist Church in Barre, Vermont between the years of 2024 and 2025. The Universalist religious movement is a modern non-creedal religion that supports and includes people of all religions and beliefs.

Rev. Dennis McCarty, a retired Unitarian Universalist minister, has long posted on his "Thoughts from a Gentle Atheist" social media page. This gradually attracted a wide following, and requests that he issue his "thoughts" in book form. He has now revised, expanded, and cross-referenced that original Thoughts from a General Atheist collection, for use in putting together non-theistic Unitarian Universalist religious services. "Gentle atheist" though he is, Rev. McCarty produces Opening Words, Chalice Lightings, Offertory introductions, Closing Words--and more general readings--which even a...

Are you a highly sensitive individual? Than this guide is for you and will give you an in depth understanding of how to function as an empath navigating yourself in this turbulent world. Master your emotions in five simple steps!

Scientific evidence and personal experience tell us that sincere, engaging personal relationships are essential for health and happiness. Yet, little is said about how we might actively nurture such relationships for ourselves and for people near us at home and work. Executive Coach Tony Mayo drew on the research of Brené Brown, Joseph Campbell, and others to compose this enthusiastically received non-sectarian sermon.

It is not my intention to address every teaching with which I take issue. However, it is my intention to clearly state my position concerning one particular false teaching that has been reintroduced to the Ekklesia in recent years. It is primarily responsible for opening the door to further deception and delusion on our watch. The following doctrine has been relabeled and packaged in a way that is currently spreading through Western Christendom like a virus.