Unitarian Spirituality

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...

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

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.

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.

When the oldest of Kate Braestrup's four children was 10 years old, her husband, a Maine state trooper, was killed in a car accident. Stunned and grieving, she decided to pursue her husband's dream of becoming a Unitarian minister. She eventually began working with the Maine Game Warden Service, which conducts the state's search-and-rescue operations when people go missing in the wilderness.

Fourth-generation fundamentalist Carlton Pearson, a Christian megastar and host, takes a courageous and controversial stand on religion: he proposes a hell-less Christianity and a gospel of inclusion that calls for an end to local and worldwide conflicts and divisions along religious lines.

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 ...

Galen Guengerich, the charismatic, brilliant leader of one of the nation's most prominent Unitarian Universalist congregations, All Souls in New York City, shares with listeners his wisdom on how to lead a purposeful and joyful life through the practice of gratitude. When Guengerich was in his mid-20s, he left the Conservative Mennonite Church, the faith of his upbringing. The prospect of venturing out on his own was daunting, but he needed to find the way of life that was right for him.

MY BEST STUFF: 21st Century Sermons for the Dawning New Age of Faith, Hope, and Love is a transformative collection of sermons that delve into the complexities of modern spirituality, social justice, and personal growth. Written by Rev. John Crestwell, a seasoned minister and thought leader, this book offers readers a profound exploration of what it means to live a life of purpose, authenticity, and interconnectedness in today’s world. Through 48 chapters, Rev. John addresses pressing issues such as toxic masculinity, racial justice, environmental stewardship, and the quest for a beloved ...

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.

On a February day in 2008, Forrest Church sent a letter to the members of his congregation, informing them that he had terminal cancer; his life would now be measured in months, not years. In that remarkable letter, he wrote: "In more than one respect, I feel very lucky." He went on to promise that he would sum up his thoughts on the topics that had been so pervasive in his work-love and death-in a final book.

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 ...

Throughout history we have divided ourselves into groupings of "us" and "them". One Family: Indivisible engagingly invites the reader into the deeply spiritual and lifelong journey of the author to find a way to acknowledge our differences without dividing and subdividing ourselves into competing tribes. It is a journey of mountain tops and deep valleys, but it leads to the inclusivity and mutual respect possible with Interfaith. This is a book for seekers of all races, ethnicities, and spiritual paths who search for that elusive goal of a community of love and inclusion that also respects ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.