The April 2024 Justice and Spirit: Unitarian Universalist Book Club selection.
What will it take for diverse leadership within Unitarian Universalism to truly thrive and contribute to a radiant and inclusive future? In Seeds of a New Way, editors Manish Mishra-Marzetti and Nancy McDonald Ladd and contributors explore how to foster and nourish diverse and authentic leadership within congregations.
Building on the foundations of the groundbreaking Centering: Navigating Race, Authenticity, and Power in Ministry, this collection offers a glimpse into the forming edge of the shared journey happening right now to make diverse leadership, both lay and ordained, more survivable and vibrant. Rather than presenting one definitive pathway or roadmap, Seeds of a New Way recognizes that the specific context and relationships within any given setting will shape the journey and so brings together a diverse array of perspectives, experiences, and strategies to illustrate a range of considerations and possibilities.
As congregations strive to live into the potential and joy of Beloved Community, these essays will inspire them to seed and nourish a new way.
Preface
PART I: Seeds Cast on Rocky Ground
Beyond the Hustle by Nancy McDonald Ladd
Encounters with “Dave” by Manish Mishra-Marzetti
Tales of The Invisible Woman by Jessica York
It Wasn’t Always This Way by Danielle Di Bona
Freeing Ourselves from Orientalism and Binary Thinking by Summer Albayati
Come, Come, Whoever You Are! By Niharika Chibber Joe
Desert Flowers by Manish Mishra-Marzetti
PART II: The Labor and the Tending
Class Passing into UU Leadership by Teresa Youngblood
When Power Shapes Values by Julián Jamaica Soto
Collaborative Leadership for Collective Liberation by Aisha Hauser
The Spirited Leader by Marta I. Valentín
Rising into Beloved Community by Janice Marie Johnson
Tokenize This by Nancy McDonald Ladd
PART III: New Life Arises
Leading Amid Trauma with Trust, Sustainability, and Care by Carey McDonald
The Partial Gospel by Sarah Skochko
Notes to Our People by Sofía Betancourt and Bill Sinkford
When I Approach by Siren Hand
Epilogue: Nourishing a New Way
Contributors
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