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We offer a wide range of books and fair trade gifts that reflect our UU values, including titles from Skinner House Books and Beacon Press.

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The Unitarian Universalist Association @uua.org · 12/10/2026
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor Indigenous histories, celebrate living cultures, and recognize Indigenous leadership. As UUs, we commit to moving toward action—respecting Tribal sovereignty, upholding treaty rights, and supporting Indigenous communities. #IndigenousPeoplesDay #UU
Instagram graphic for Indigenous Peoples’ Day with a warm cream background and an abstract sunrise design across the top. Layered curves in deep red, burnt orange, and gold frame a glowing golden sun in the upper right, accented by thin sweeping lines. Large, uppercase, rust-orange text reads “INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY.” Below, dark navy serif text reads, “Honoring Indigenous histories, celebrating living cultures, and acting in solidarity with Indigenous communities.” The first “Indigenous” is highlighted in rust-orange, and “acting in solidarity” appears in golden orange. Decorative burgundy dividers with small geometric motifs frame the message above and below. At the bottom left is the pink and orange Unitarian Universalist Association chalice logo and name, with “http://UUA.ORG ” in rust-orange at the bottom right.
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Thursday, October 15th at 7PM at Busboys and Poets Brookland, join author Erik Mohn to discuss and celebrate the release of his debut memoir Stranger in My Own Story. He will be in conversation with writer and speaker Tony Hynes. More info and link to register at: strangerinmyownstory.eventbrite.com
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Author Erik Mohn discusses Stranger in My Own Story with Tony Hynes
Author Erik Mohn discusses and celebrates the release of his debut memoir Stranger in My Own Story with writer Tony Hynes.
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
All That You Need Lies Within You Once it is in your heart let it spread into your life, let it pour from your life into the world— and once it is in the world, let it shine upon all beings. —Angela Herrera Reaching for the Sun
All That You Need Lies Within You

Consider this an invitation
to you.
Yes—you
with all your happiness
and your burdens,
your hopes and regrets.
An invitation if you feel good today,
and an invitation if you do not,
if you are aching—
and there are so many ways to ache. . . .

Maybe your heart is heavy
or hardened.
Maybe it’s troubled
and peace can take up residence
only in a small corner,
only on the edge,
with all that is going on in the world,
and in your life.
Ni modo. It doesn’t matter.

All that you need
for a deep and comforting peace to grow
lies within you.
Once it is in your heart
let it spread into your life,
let it pour from your life into the world—
and once it is in the world,
let it shine upon all beings.

—Angela Herrera
Reaching for the Sun

Available at inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop.
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Forged at the intersection of faith and justice, BLUU Notes: An Anthology of Love, Justice, and Liberation is the first publication from Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism (BLUU). Available wherever books are sold and through inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop at shopinspirit.org.
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We’re thrilled to announce our newest title, Stranger in My Own Story: A Memoir by Erik Mohn. A raw and searching debut that chronicles coming of age as a transracial adoptee, it is a necessary addition to the modern canon of literary memoirs that explore race, identity, and belonging.
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Did you know The Unitarian Universalist Pocket Guide is available as an audiobook? Get your copy from libro.fm, Audible, or any other major audio platforms. And you can often request that your local library purchase a copy too!
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We’re thrilled to announce our newest title, Stranger in My Own Story by Erik Mohn. This raw and searching debut chronicles coming of age as a transracial adoptee and is a necessary addition to the canon of literary memoirs that explore race, identity, and belonging. Available to order now!
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The Unitarian Universalist Association @uua.org · 07/10/2026
What makes a place sacred? In UU community, it isn’t only the building—it’s the people who gather, show up for one another, and make a space sacred together. Read Nancy McDonald Ladd’s reflection in UU World: www.uuworld.org/articles/my-church-… #UU #UUWorld #Community
Graphic on a pale peach background featuring the Fall/Winter 2026 cover of UU World. At the top, large black text reads, “This space we have made sacred by our coming together.” Below: “UU Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd.” The magazine cover shows the blue UU World masthead above a whimsical illustrated collection of welcoming spaces: colorful church doors, trees, benches, a bicycle, plants, a fox, a kite, a wagon, books, a guitar, and a tablet displaying a flaming chalice, representing in-person, outdoor, and online UU community. The cover headline reads “WHERE WE WORSHIP.” At the bottom of the graphic: “Illustration by Zöe Barker” and “http://UUWorld.org .”
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nos complace anunciar nuestra publicación más reciente: una nueva traducción de la Guía de bolsillo del unitarismo universalista, editada por la reverenda Doctora Sofía Betancourt. Una introducción impactante, cautivadora y accesible al unitarismo universalista. shopinspirit.org
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Minister and poet Kristen L. Harper confronts and unpacks the language, imagery, buzz words, and cultural touchstones that reinforce white supremacy culture and invites readers to radically transform their perceptions of blackness. Available wherever books are sold.
The book The Darkness Divine next to some yellow flowers.
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We’re thrilled to announce our newest title, Stranger in My Own Story by Erik Mohn. This raw and searching debut chronicles coming of age as a transracial adoptee and is a necessary addition to the canon of literary memoirs that explore race, identity, and belonging. Available to pre-order now!
Cover of the memoir Stranger in My Own Story by Erik Mohn against a gold gradient background and a circular New from Skinner House seal.
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Did you know The Unitarian Universalist Pocket Guide is available as an audiobook? Get your copy from libro.fm, Audible, or any other major audio platforms. And you can often request that your local library purchase a copy too!
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Little Did I Know: An Anthology on Loving and Companioning Young Lives, edited by Vanessa Rush Southern is a beautiful and inclusive anthology of reflections on the spiritual gifts and challenges of raising young people. Available wherever books are sold and from shopinspirit.org.
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In Wholeness We light our chalice not to defeat the darkness, but because, for a time, we need the gifts of flame: warmth and light to guide and help us in our endeavors. And when the time comes, we will embrace again the gentle dark which allows us rest. —Rev. Sean Parker Dennison
In Wholeness

There is no competition between this light
and the darkness which holds it.
Both the light and the darkness are holy.

We light our chalice not to defeat the darkness,
but because, for a time, we need the gifts of flame:
warmth and light to guide and help us in our endeavors.
And when the time comes, we will embrace
again the gentle dark which allows us rest.

And so, we kindle this light with awareness and gratitude
for light and dark and all that lies in-between.
Each with its gifts, each with its beauty,
each part of a sacred and necessary whole.

—Rev. Sean Parker Dennison
Breaking and Blessing: Meditations
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Have you seen our gorgeous children's book Wind, Stop Blowing! by Laura Alary and illustrated by Sue Teodoro? “Wind, stop blowing!” shouts Benjamin Snooks. Until one day the wind answers back in this playful and light-hearted story about flexibility and accepting change. Ages 4–8.
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We’re thrilled to announce our newest title, Bless the Weary: Meditations for Congregational Leaders edited by Connie Goodbread. This powerful and restorative collection of poetry and prose is a balm for the exhaustion and overwhelm of being a religious leader. Available wherever books are sold!
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We’re thrilled to announce our newest title, Dance Together, Spin Apart by Molly Housh Gordon and illustrated by Isabella Grott. The book is a stunning fusion of poetry and particle science that thoughtfully addresses children’s big questions about life and death. Available wherever books are sold!
The Dance Together, Spin Apart book cover shows diverse children and adults dancing and spinning amid watercolor blues and pinks with glowing dots and butterflies, conveying joyful togetherness
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Did you know Journey Toward Morning is available as an audiobook? We know you'll be supported and inspired by these meditations on nature, life, and spirituality by beloved Unitarian Universalist minister Victoria Safford. Get your copy today from libro.fm, Audible, or any other audio platforms.
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inSpirit Book Shop @shopinspirit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New on our shelves: After: A Survivor's Story by Hallee Adelman and illustrated by Patrick Corrigan—this important new book looks at one of the toughest subjects of our time through the experiences of a young person whose life has been forever changed by gun violence. shopinspirit.org
The cover of the book After: A Survivor's Story has an illustration of children holding up signs that say things like "Enough!" "No More" and "We will not be silent"
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Run, Run All this running, and all for this: She wants to love like thunder, love like the smell of honeysuckle, love with all the reckless abandon of summer afternoon rain. —Jess Reynolds Love Like Thunder Available wherever books are sold and from inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop.
Run, Run

This body is a wild one:
love ripping through these veins
like fire across a prairie,
eager and hungry and holy.

Wilder still are the humming bees
that make this garden their home,
the sharp sunset color
in the dying autumn leaves,
the river running so fast
it trips over its own feet
and tumbles down a mountainside.

This heart is chasing that river,
chasing the fish swimming downstream
and the leaves about to touch soil
and the tide pulling away from the shore.
This heart is sprinting down dirt paths,
breathing so hard she might crack open.

All this running, and all for this:
She wants to love like thunder,
love like the smell of honeysuckle,
love with all the reckless abandon
of summer afternoon rain.

—Jess Reynolds
Love Like Thunder

Available wherever books are sold and from inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop.
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Nos complace anunciar nuestra publicación más reciente: una nueva traducción de la Guía de bolsillo del unitarismo universalista, editada por la reverenda Doctora Sofía Betancourt. Una introducción impactante, cautivadora y accesible al unitarismo universalista. shopinspirit.org
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Calling all #Portlanders! This week you have two special opportunities to see award-winning author and teacher Brenda Miller. She will be at Broadway Books on 9/10 to discuss Love You, Bye with Justin Hocking and she will be at BOLD Coffee & Books on 9/11 to discuss the book with Scott Nadelson.
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Did you know Journey Toward Morning is available as an audiobook? We know you'll be supported and inspired by these meditations on nature, life, and spirituality by beloved Unitarian Universalist minister Victoria Safford. Get your copy today from Libro.fm, Audible, or any other audio platforms.
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We’re thrilled to announce our newest title, Dance Together, Spin Apart by Molly Housh Gordon and illustrated by Isabella Grott. The book is a stunning fusion of poetry and particle science that thoughtfully addresses children’s big questions about life and death. Available wherever books are sold!
The Dance Together, Spin Apart book cover shows diverse children and adults dancing and spinning amid watercolor blues and pinks with glowing dots and butterflies, conveying joyful togetherness
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"The school-supply section of any store draws me like a moth to a flame. I no longer need spiral-bound notebooks or #2 pencils . . . But I have a theory. For so many years, in those aisles, I could believe that the present was full of possibility." —Vanessa Rush Southern, Miles of Dream
School Supplies

The school-supply section of any store draws me like a moth to a flame. I no longer need spiral-bound notebooks or number-two pencils, a new lunch pail or spiffy. I’m not sure why I’m drawn to these things since my most recent academic endeavor is years in the past already. But I have a theory.

For so many years, standing in those aisles, I could believe that my past did not determine my present. And the present was full of possibility. Entire worlds of knowledge and adolescent adventure, growth, and change were possible in the year I was preparing for. . . . At the beginning of the school year everything seemed possible.

Now that I am older there is the danger of losing that sense of possibility, of thinking myself an old dog whose tricks might be modified around the edges but never really significantly changed. . . . It is never advisable to hang up the knapsack of adventurous, expectant living for long.

Maybe this is why I like school supplies. Here is this world that says, in colors and crisp white paper, that all is new and all things are possible again.

Postscript: A woman was seen at Staples last week. Her eyes settled on a marbled blue fountain pen. When asked why she bought it, the woman told the clerk she needed a river of ink to ride into the new year. He said he didn’t quite understand what she meant, but he’d seen this behavior in this season, in these aisles, before.

—Vanessa Rush Southern, Miles of Dream: Meditations
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Did you know The Unitarian Universalist Pocket Guide is available as an audiobook? Get your copy from libro.fm, Audible, or any other major audio platforms. And you can often request that your local library purchase a copy too!
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We’re thrilled to announce our newest title, Bless the Weary: Meditations for Congregational Leaders edited by Connie Goodbread. This powerful and restorative collection of poetry and prose is a balm for the exhaustion and overwhelm of being a religious leader. Available wherever books are sold!
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Minister and poet Kristen L. Harper confronts and unpacks the language, imagery, buzz words, and cultural touchstones that reinforce white supremacy culture and invites readers to radically transform their perceptions of blackness. Available wherever books are sold.
The book The Darkness Divine next to some yellow flowers.
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Nos complace anunciar nuestra publicación más reciente: una nueva traducción de la Guía de bolsillo del unitarismo universalista, editada por la reverenda Doctora Sofía Betancourt. Una introducción impactante, cautivadora y accesible al unitarismo universalista. shopinspirit.org
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Special opportunity alert! Starts tomorrow! Award-winning author and writing teacher Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew is offering a two week course: Writing the Sacred Journey: An Introduction to Spiritual Memoir. The course runs from September 1st to 14th. You can learn more at bit.ly/writingsacre....
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Letting Go I went to the beach, and it was soft today, temperate hues merging and separating; clouds and ocean reflecting, complementing each other, and far away an occasional beam from the Gurnet Light. —Elizabeth Tarbox, taken from Life Tides
Letting Go

I went to the beach, and it was soft today, temperate hues merging and separating; clouds and ocean reflecting, complementing each other, and far away an occasional beam from the Gurnet Light.

Oh let me touch the faces of those I love with the same gentle-ness the waves show to the shore; let me sing my song with the same feeling with which the gulls fill the sacred space of sea and sky. Let me learn of beauty from the affection of morning sunlight; let my sorrow learn to meld with the tinted clouds; let my joy learn to swim and fly and fill the dawn with my delight.

And when my body is tired and no longer wants to be a part of
the active life, then let it be from here
that my soul flies free.

—Elizabeth Tarbox
Life Tides
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We’re thrilled to announce our newest title, Bless the Weary: Meditations for Congregational Leaders edited by Connie Goodbread. This powerful and restorative collection of poetry and prose is a balm for the exhaustion and overwhelm of being a religious leader. Available wherever books are sold!
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"I wanted to cry because this book soothed something inside of me. It felt holy—as though the author had held out a piece of her heart and said, 'Here, this is for you.'" We’re thrilled to share this review of Swinging on the Garden Gate in U.S. Catholic. uscatholic.org/articles/202...
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A memoir reveals the holiness of bisexuality
Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew's 'Swinging on the Garden Gate' bridges a literary gap.
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Did you know Journey Toward Morning is available as an audiobook? We know you'll be supported and inspired by these meditations on nature, life, and spirituality by beloved Unitarian Universalist minister Victoria Safford. Get your copy today from Libro.fm, Audible, or any other audio platforms.
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inSpirit Book Shop @shopinspirit.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New on our shelves: Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau by Ben Shattuck—Intimate, entertaining, and beautifully crafted, Six Walks is a resounding tribute to the ways walking in nature can inspire us all. shopinspirit.org
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Why Can’t I Fix It? The Questions We Ask When We Love Someone with Addiction by Nathan Detering is a powerful new spiritual tool for anyone with a loved one struggling with #addiction. Available wherever books are sold. #recovery
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
All That You Need Lies Within You Once it is in your heart let it spread into your life, let it pour from your life into the world— and once it is in the world, let it shine upon all beings. —Angela Herrera Reaching for the Sun
All That You Need Lies Within You

Consider this an invitation
to you.
Yes—you
with all your happiness
and your burdens,
your hopes and regrets.
An invitation if you feel good today,
and an invitation if you do not,
if you are aching—
and there are so many ways to ache. . . .

Maybe your heart is heavy
or hardened.
Maybe it’s troubled
and peace can take up residence
only in a small corner,
only on the edge,
with all that is going on in the world,
and in your life.
Ni modo. It doesn’t matter.

All that you need
for a deep and comforting peace to grow
lies within you.
Once it is in your heart
let it spread into your life,
let it pour from your life into the world—
and once it is in the world,
let it shine upon all beings.

—Angela Herrera
Reaching for the Sun

Available at inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop.
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Beloved as We Are: Building a Congregational Culture of Disability Inclusion by Barbara F. Meyers and Shelly Rohe is now available as an audiobook! Get your copy today from Libro.fm, Audible, or any other major audio platforms. And you can often request that your local library purchase a copy too!
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We’re thrilled to announce our newest title, Bless the Weary: Meditations for Congregational Leaders edited by Connie Goodbread. This powerful and restorative collection of poetry and prose is a balm for the exhaustion and overwhelm of being a religious leader. Available wherever books are sold!
Book cover titled Bless the Weary with a yellow circular sun and a blue wavy line graphic that looks like rain. The graphic also says new from Skinner House.
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The release is the stage when writers share the soul of their project—its gift. Award-winning author and teacher Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew shares how to thrive and best serve your work once the writing is done. Available wherever books are sold!
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The Healing Moment "And what I don’t know ceases to embarrass me, because what I do know is that the water feels gentle like a lover’s touch, and the sand welcomes it." —Elizabeth Tarbox, Life Tides
The Healing Moment

Each day I am newly reminded of my unworthiness: a dozen thoughts misspoken; another day when the good I do falls so far short of the good that I could do; myriad small interchanges, moments of sharing that strain to the breaking point my desire to be generous, helpful, and kind; months of careful work lost by a moment’s impatience, a careless word.

But when I am here at the edge of creation, breaking with the small tide over the sand, the need to do good rolls away; the question of what is right diminishes to insignificance and is easily borne away by the tiny waves. Here, where no words are spoken, none are misspoken.

I am with the broken stubble of the marsh grass that holds on through the wrecking wind and the burning flood. I am with the grains that mold themselves around everything, accepting even so unworthy a foot as mine, holding and shaping it until it feels that it belongs. I stand somewhere between truth and vision, and what I don’t know ceases to embarrass me, because what I do know is that the water feels gentle like a lover’s touch, and the sand welcomes it.

What I have done or failed to do has left no noticeable mark on creation. What I do or don’t do is of no moment now. Now I am here and grateful to be touched, calmed, and healed by the immense pattern of the universe. And when I die, it will be an honor for my blood to return to the sea and my bones to become the sand.

Reassured, I am called back to my life, to another day.

—Elizabeth Tarbox, Life Tides
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The release is the stage when writers share the soul of their project—its gift. Award-winning author and teacher Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew shares how to thrive and best serve your work once the writing is done. Available wherever books are sold!
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Special opportunity alert! Award-winning author and writing teacher Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew is offering a two week course: Writing the Sacred Journey: An Introduction to Spiritual Memoir. The course runs from September 1st to 14th. You can learn more at bit.ly/writingsacredjourneyclass.
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Beloved as We Are: Building a Congregational Culture of Disability Inclusion by Barbara F. Meyers and Shelly Rohe is now available as an audiobook! Get your copy today from Libro.fm, Audible, or any other major audio platforms. And you can often request that your local library purchase a copy too!
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
In Held, community minister and mental health advocate Rev. Meyers illustrates how members of liberal religious congregations can be supportive to those living with mental health problems, and their loved ones, in our congregations and society at large. Available wherever books are sold!
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Today And yet the taste of this perfectly ripe pear on my tongue reminds me of heaven and of gifts beyond measure: like sweetness and sunset and again, tomorrow. —Rev. Sean Parker Dennison Breaking and Blessing: Meditations
Today
has been
a day, like all
days, it seems,
in which I let people
down and did not
love as fully as I
always hope.
And today I have
been sad because
always there are the
unexpected
and unpredictable
consequences of
what I do and
do not know.
And yet the taste
of this perfectly ripe
pear on my tongue
reminds me of heaven
and of gifts beyond
measure: like sweetness
and sunset
and again, tomorrow.

—Rev. Sean Parker Dennison
Breaking and Blessing: Meditations
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Did you know The Release: Creativity and Freedom After the Writing Is Done by Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew is available as an audiobook? Get your copy today from Libro.fm, Audible, or any other major audio platforms. And you can often request that your local library purchase a copy too!
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Convocatoria de propuestas! En nombre de Skinner House Books, los invitamos a presentar propuestas para una próxima colección de liturgias destinada a la comunidad unitaria universalista de habla hispana en todo el mundo. Para más información: bit.ly/colecciondeliturgias
Convocatoria de propuestas! En nombre de Skinner House Books, los invitamos a presentar propuestas para una próxima colección de liturgias destinada a la comunidad unitaria universalista de habla hispana en todo el mundo. 

Para más información: bit.ly/colecciondeliturgias. 

Propuestas Deben Ser Entregadas el 31 de Octubre de 2026
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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
New from Skinner House! A stunning 10th anniversary edition of Where Two Worlds Touch: The Spirit and Science of Alzheimer’s Caregiving, Jade C. Angelica’s beloved memoir and guide for those who love someone with Alzheimer's. Now with a foreword by Dr. Stephen G. Post.
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The Unitarian Universalist Association @uua.org · 24/07/2026
One night in jail helped shape generations of resistance. On July 23, 1846, Henry David Thoreau was arrested for refusing to fund slavery and war. His legacy of civil disobedience continues in UU justice work today. Read more: bit.ly/44IODn5 #UU #FaithInAction #CivilDisobedience
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