Common Read
Each year, the UU Common Read invites congregations into shared reflection, learning, and action through a common book and accompanying resources.
Love at the Center
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2026–27 UU Common Read: Love at the Center: Unitarian Universalist Theologies
The UUA’s Common Read for 2026–27 is Love at the Center: Unitarian Universalist Theologies, edited by Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt.
More than two dozen UU leaders explore what it means to place love at the center of our faith and practice.
This year’s resources include:
- Five-session lifespan curriculum series for ages 7+
- Committee-specific discussion guides
- Essay-specific discussion guides with suggested uses
- Worship quotes and readings
- The Mystery of the Slightly Sentient Chalice, a printable intergenerational mystery game
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“Love at the Center: Unitarian Universalist Theologies,” edited by our Association’s President, Rev Dr Sofia Betancourt.
May 13, 2026 | From Common ReadTagged as: Adult Faith Development, Faith Development, Racial Justice -
Social Change Now! A Guide for Reflection and Connection (Skinner House) by Deepa Iyer
Study Guide | May 5, 2025 | From Common ReadTagged as: Adult Faith Development, Faith Development, Racial Justice -
Welcome to the UU Common Read of Authentic Selves. The book offers life stories and portraits of trans and nonbinary people, alongsidetheir partners, parents, children, siblings, and chosen family members. Through interviews and photo portraits, the subjects of this book invite readers into their…
June 10, 2024 | From Common Read -
The workshops explore repentance and repair in (1) interpersonal relationships, (2) communal spaces, such as our congregations, and (3) wider communities, such as nations, and systems we are part of.
Study Guide | By Alison Miller, Susan Dana Lawrence | June 13, 2023 (reviewed June 2025) | For Adults | From Common ReadTagged as: Accountability, Adult Faith Development, Empathy, Faith Development, Forgiveness, Grace, Judaism, Justice, Personal Inspiration, Racial Justice, Reconciliation, Redemption, Responsibility, Rosh Hashanah, Spiritual Practice, Yom Kippur -
Engaging with this book can help UU congregations grapple with our movement’s charge to dismantle white supremacy in ourselves, our communities, and our world. 4 Sessions.
Study Guide | By Susan Dana Lawrence, Karin Lin, Nancy Palmer Jones | October 20, 2022 | For Adults | From Common ReadTagged as: Adult Faith Development, Diversity & Inclusion, Multiculturalism, Racial Justice, Transformation -
The book explores what has gone wrong, and why, and who has been most harmed by repressive and racist policing systems. Norris offers a new blueprint for public safety that holds people accountable while still holding them in community.
Study Guide | June 13, 2022 | From Common ReadTagged as: Adult Faith Development, Faith Development, Justice, Racial Justice -
Breathe offers a broad meditation on race, gender, and the meaning of a life well lived as well as an unforgettable lesson in Black resistance and resilience. Includes materials for a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) UU group, or other congregational group.
Study Guide | October 4, 2021 | For Adults | From Common ReadTagged as: Adult Faith Development, BIPOC Experiences, Faith Development, Identity Formation, Microaggressions, Parenting -
This book challenges readers to learn US history through a narrative that centers the story, the experiences, and the perspectives of Indigenous peoples, and upends myths and misinformation that have been taught by leaders and media.
Study Guide | October 8, 2020 | For High School, Adults | From Common ReadTagged as: Adult Faith Development, Faith Development, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Identity, Indigenous American, Indigenous Rights, White Supremacy Culture -
Justice on Earth explores the ways in which racial justice, environmental justice, and economic justice are intertwined.
Study Guide | June 27, 2018 | For Adults | From Common ReadTagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice, Faith Development -
Centering offers help with the inner work of today’s Unitarian Universalism; Daring Democracy provides a vision and practical guidance for advancing our justice-making work in the public square.
Study Guide | June 13, 2018 | From Common ReadTagged as: Faith Development, Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries, Religious & Civil Liberties
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