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.
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.
Edited by:
Manish Mishra-Marzetti,
Nancy McDonald Ladd
Imprint: Skinner House Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 215mm,
Width: 139mm,
ISBN: 9781558969162
ISBN 10: 1558969160
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 03 July 2024
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
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
Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti serves as senior minister of the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has served extensively in denominational leadership, including as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee and the Unitarian Universalist Association, as well as president of Diverse Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries (DRUUMM). He is co-editor of Justice on Earth: People of Faith Working at the Intersections of Race, Class, and the Environment and Conversations with the Sacred: A Collection of Prayers. Nancy McDonald Ladd serves as senior minister of the River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Bethesda, Maryland. She is a national leader in broad-based community organizing and has served on the adjunct faculty at Meadville Lombard Theological School. She is the author of After the Good News: Progressive Faith Beyond Optimism.
