Nancy McDonald Ladd

Nancy McDonald Ladd has served as Senior Minister at River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation since 2012. Passionate about preaching, liturgy, and social justice, her first commitment is the building of relationships that sustain and challenge us to grow braver in the face of brokenness and loss. Using her background in community organizing, pastoral ministry, and worship design, her goal is to equip colleagues and lay leaders to do the work that is uniquely theirs to do in the congregation and in the world. She lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with her husband and two children.

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GA Presentations | General Assembly

Liberal Religion Beyond Optimism

Nancy McDonald Ladd

From General Assembly Presentations
Workshop video. For generations, liberal pulpits have rung with grand sermons about progress “onward and upward forever,” yet our people struggle to make sense of both their own suffering and enduring injustice all around us.

Skinner House Books

After the Good News

Nancy McDonald Ladd

From Skinner House Books

With humor and humanity, Nancy McDonald Ladd calls religious progressives to greater authenticity and truth-telling rather than mere optimism.

Worship That Works

Wayne B. Arnason, Kathleen Rolenz, Nancy McDonald Ladd

From Skinner House Books

The second edition of this classic UU text includes revisions and new chapters on multicultural worship, multigenerational worship, and new models of services for contemporary practices.

Spirit | UU World

The call to prayer

Nancy McDonald Ladd

From Spirit
I truly do not care if a god ever hears me when I pray, but praying together with others is among the most transformative work that I do.
Holy family

Nancy McDonald Ladd

From Spirit
A family holy enough to merit the highest forms of reverence.

UU World

Nothing we do will be perfect

Nancy McDonald Ladd

From UU World Magazine
To work for justice, religious liberals should let perfectionism go.
Universalism in practice

Nancy McDonald Ladd

From UU World Magazine
Black lives matter, because you do not have to be ‘good enough’ to deserve basic human rights.

WorshipWeb

A Fierce and Compelling Power

Nancy McDonald Ladd

From WorshipWeb
If God’s name is love, then God compels us to resist the fall to sinful violence by pushing back with muscular resolve against the social structures tha...
One Piece of a Deeply Sacred Whole

Nancy McDonald Ladd

From WorshipWeb
When we say, "Save the rainforest," we don’t mean that we cease to honor the mighty cedars or the reaching pines. We mean that one particular piece of a...
Tapping Out of Fake Fights

Nancy McDonald Ladd

From WorshipWeb
This reading is an excerpt of the sermon delivered by Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd on Sunday morning at General Assembly 2016....

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