Doing Our Inner Work is one of the five practices of Spiritual Leadership. It is about wakening our souls and tuning in to the wisdom.

Tending Our Tradition is one of the five practices of Spiritual Leadership. When we choose Unitarian Universalism as our religion, we claim and are claimed by the tradition. We claim it and it claims us back.

Centering in gifts is is one of the five practices of Spiritual Leadership, a vital practice for human well being and wholeness. This is true for individuals and the community as a whole. Our gifts are not for us — they are meant to build, maintain, and restore the community.

Spiritual Leadership is doing what is ours to do, giving our unique gifts to the world. It is living in our dignity and integrity, despite the things in the world that would rob us of power or dignity or worth. It is a willingness to depend on something larger than ourselves and to be in community.

Resources for congregations of up to 160 members

Resources to help congregations be ethical and supportive employers, and connections to professional associations and identity groups for congregational staff

Communications resources from the NER team, across the UUA, and more!

Some ways to approach conflict in congregations grounded in our values and principles

Training and resources for Board members and other leaders, and resources on starting or revitalizing your leadership development committee

Resources to help you raise money and manage it effectively

Resources to help you care for your people, welcome new people, and keep everyone safe

Resources for building multigenerational ministries, supporting congregants at all stages of life, training for religious educators, curricula for your RE program, and more!

Find a guest preacher, find readings and other worship materials, train lay preachers, and more!

Resources for congregations to address systemic oppression, create more inclusive ministries, and work for justice, equity, compassion, and liberation for all. Includes resources on race, class, disability, and LGBTQIA+.

Earlier this year, just as the reality of the pandemic was unfolding, the New England Region was planning to host a workshop on “Faithful Risking,” one of our Practices of Spiritual Leadership. Ultimately we ended up cancelling the workshop. While we could have adapted to an online format,...

I return to the Spiritual Leadership practice of doing my inner work. It may be the hardest practice of all. I want so many things to be different than they are — including myself. Yet the only path forward is to be right here in this real place, right now at this real time.

We understand covenants as being an attempt to make promises together that are grounded in a shared understanding of something unenforceable but to which we want, collectively, to be faithful or obedient. However, lots of other stuff can tend to creep into our covenants, too...

We can’t really teach Spiritual Leadership. Each person needs to find theirs, claim theirs and exercise theirs in their way. The best we can do is identify practices, offer suggestions, give reminders and tell stories.

Faithful congregations take faithful risks. In this post, we lift up examples of the faithful risks New England Region congregations have taken recently. The UU Meeting House of Pittsfield, ME When they lost their longtime minister and realized they could not afford to hire another professional...

So, friends, let’s practice together. I invite you to engage in some reflection about whether and how you are bringing that individualism into your practice of covenant and what a deeper practice of covenant can make possible for us.