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Where Two Worlds Touch

The Spirit and Science of Alzheimer’s Caregiving

By: Jade C. Angelica
Narrated by: Hayli Henderson
Length: 12 hours 47 minutes

A stunning 10th anniversary edition of Rev. Dr. Jade C. Angelica’s beloved memoir and pastoral guide for those who love someone with Alzheimer's. With a new foreword by Dr. Stephen G. Post. In 2001, Jade C. Angelica's mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and thus began a surprising and transformative journey for both mother and... Read more

The Release

Creativity and Freedom After the Writing Is Done

By: Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew
Narrated by: Jenna Rose Stein
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

The release is the stage when writers share the soul of their project—its gift. Here’s how to thrive and best serve your work once the writing is done. In The Release, award-winning author and teacher Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew invites writers to lift their heads out of the product-oriented sandbox and find an alternative way to play. By... Read more

Spilling the Light

By: Julián Jamaica Soto
Narrated by: Julián Jamaica Soto
Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

The light must spill to shine. The thing you must be is yourself. Intimate and uncompromising, Rev. Julián Jamaica Soto’s debut collection Spilling the Light, is a luminous offering to their communities and a defiant declaration of their worth in a world hostile to their queer, disabled, and brown being. “America, is this freedom?” they ask.... Read more

Authentic Selves

Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary People and Their Families

By: Peggy Gillespie
Narrated by: Beckett Isaiah Arnold & Dominique Dibbell
Length: 15 hours 1 minute

Groundbreaking in its depictions of joy and community, Authentic Selves celebrates trans and nonbinary people and their families in stunning photographs and their own words. Foreword by transgender activist Jazz Jennings and her mom and fellow activist, Jeanette Jennings.So often trans and nonbinary people’s stories are told only through the... Read more

Trusting Change

Finding Our Way Through Personal and Global Transformation

By: Karen Hering
Narrated by: Megan Persichetti
Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Minister and award-winning author of Writing to Wake the Soul Karen Hering invites readers and listeners on the cusp of great change—which is all of us today—to explore the new possibilities emerging in our times. Whether you are living through significant personal transitions or navigating a world reshaping itself faster than ever, this... Read more

Swinging On The Garden Gate

A Memoir of Bisexuality and Spirit, Second Edition

By: Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew
Narrated by: Jenna Rose Stein
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

A stunning memoir of coming of age and coming out bisexual by award-winning writer and teacher Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew.Every story begins with a word. As a young woman, Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew carried a word within her so potent that it spread through her every artery and vein. She carried it in secret until she was shown a different way and... Read more

Searching for Solid Ground

A Memoir

By: Reggie Harris
Narrated by: Jeremy Michael Durm
Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

An inspiring narrative of bridge-building, hope, and resilience from a beloved folk musician. Before renowned musician Reggie Harris was a sought-after performer, educator, cultural ambassador, and civil rights advocate, he was a low-income Black kid in Philadelphia with a love of music. He was transported by the vibrant sound that filled the... Read more

A Fire at the Center

Solidarity, Whiteness, and Becoming a Water Protector

By: Karen Van Fossan
Narrated by: Dana Weddle
Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

A firsthand account of two colonial pipelines and their resistance: the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock and the Line 3 pipeline on Anishinaabe lands. This is a story of becoming and un-becoming. When the living waters that crisscrossed the Standing Rock reservation came under threat, minister of the nearby Unitarian Universalist... Read more

The Tending Years

Understanding Your Child’s Earliest Rituals

By: J. L. Shattuck
Narrated by: Payton Briggs
Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Every day you meet your child’s spiritual and emotional needs—you just don’t know it. In this short, accessible, and comforting book, expert J.L. Shattuck provides insight into your child’s earliest rituals. Have you ever wondered why your toddler will only drink from a specific cup, or only eat if you turn mealtime into a game? Have you ever... Read more

On Repentance and Repair

Making Amends in an Unapologetic World

By: Danya Ruttenberg
Narrated by: Sara Sheckells
Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Winner NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS in Contemporary Jewish Life & Practice
Myra H. Kraft Memorial Award

A crucial new lens on repentance, atonement, forgiveness, and repair from harm—from personal transgressions to our culture's most painful and unresolved issues.

American culture focuses on letting go of grudges and redemption narratives... Read more

Mistakes and Miracles

Congregations on the Road to Multiculturalism

By: Nancy Palmer Jones & Karin Lin
Narrated by: Julie Cleburn, Karin Lin & Nancy Palmer Jones
Length: 14 hours 48 minutes

What calls Unitarian Universalists to create multicultural, antiracist Beloved Community? What do congregations need when they embark on this journey? What common threads run through their stories? Nancy Palmer Jones and Karin Lin—a white minister and a lay person of color—share how five diverse congregations encounter frustrations and... Read more

Why Can't I Fix It?

The Questions We Ask When We Love Someone with Addiction

By: Nathan Detering
Narrated by: Brian Conover
Length: 2 hours 31 minutes

Why is this happening? How do you care for yourself and your family? If you are struggling with a loved one’s addiction you are not alone. A compassionate resource for anyone stuck between a rock and a hard place.When Rev. Nathan Detering shared the story of his brother’s death from a drug overdose with the members of his congregation, many of... Read more

Incantations For Rest

Poems, Meditations, and Other Magic

By: Atena O. Danner
Narrated by: Luana Helena
Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

A call to anyone who thought they were alone on the journey, Incantations for Rest is for kindred spirits: neurodivergent folks, parents up late past bedtime nursing resentment, Black people in predominantly white spaces—anyone who has found themselves at the edges of Beloved Community.Incantations for Rest is an invitation to slow down and... Read more