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Skinner House Books is the publishing imprint of the Unitarian Universalist Association, a liberal religious organization with more than 1,000 congregations.
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.
Self-ish To bring value back to your Self in a world that functions by daily stripping you of it, you must hold fast to being first in your mind and heart. —Marta I. Valentín A Long Time Blooming
Tend to Your Spirit: Mindful Living with Chronic Illness by Julianne Lepp and Florence Caplow is a powerful spiritual companion on your journey through the seasons of chronic illness. It's available now wherever books are sold!
"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.
A memoir reveals the holiness of bisexuality
Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew's 'Swinging on the Garden Gate' bridges a literary gap.
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We’re thrilled to announce Beloved as We Are by Barbara F. Meyers and Shelly Rohe. This powerful and much-needed collection blends personal stories and resources to help members of liberal religious congregations foster accessible and inclusive communities. Available wherever books are sold!
Our newest title, Love You, Bye by award-winning essayist, poet, and teacher Brenda Miller 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!
The light must spill to shine. The thing you must be is yourself. Unadulterated, shedding the willingness to journey alone, as though you are made of something hard and unforgivable. You are human. You belong, right here, right now. —Spilling the Light Rev. Julián Jamaica Soto Spilling the Light
Bringing alive the heartfelt words and artwork contributed by creators diverse in spiritual perspective and identity, Conversations with the Sacred is a moving testimony to the power of prayer. Available wherever books are sold.
Our newest title, Love You, Bye by award-winning essayist, poet, and teacher Brenda Miller 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!
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.
We’re thrilled to announce Beloved as We Are by Barbara F. Meyers and Shelly Rohe. This powerful and much-needed collection blends personal stories and resources to help members of liberal religious congregations foster accessible and inclusive communities. Available wherever books are sold!
Untether yourself from the engines of busyness, one by one— laptop, desktop, wristwatch, scribbled lists, even the telephone, especially the one you carry everywhere, the little tyrant. —Kathleen McTigue An excerpt from "Summer Sabbath" Taken from Shine and Shadow
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.
Did you know Love You, Bye by award-winning essayist, poet, and teacher Brenda Miller is also 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!
Winner of a Nautilus award in the memoir category! In A Fire at the Center, Karen Van Fossan takes readers behind the scenes of the Dakota Access Pipeline conflict. For all those striving for liberation and allyship, these learnings and practices of mutual solidarity will be transformational.
"Every chaplain, theologian, caregiver, and healthcare professional can find profound truth captured on each page of Where Two Worlds Touch. . . . This is a beautiful book and the deepest I have read on the topic." —Dr. Stephen G. Post
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
Winner of a Nautilus Award in Memoir! With unflinching honesty and humor in the vein of Cheryl Strayed and David Sedaris but a raw tenderness all her own, Kate Landis chronicles the hardest parts of her young adulthood as well as her journey to community in her memoir Stubborn Grace.
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!
"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.
A memoir reveals the holiness of bisexuality
Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew's 'Swinging on the Garden Gate' bridges a literary gap.
bit.ly
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.
The 2026-2027 UU Common Read is Love at the Center: Unitarian Universalist Theologies, edited by Rev. Dr Sofía Betancourt. The Common Read builds community in our movement by giving diverse people a shared platform for reflection, learning, and action. Visit uua.org/read to learn more!
"What usefulness can nationalism serve now, as the old world yields to a new century? What is America’s right relation and right role, and my right role as a citizen?" —Victoria Safford, an excerpt from "Turquoise Patriot" from Walking Toward Morning
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.
Call for submissions! Skinner House welcomes submissions for a second edition of Bless All Who Serve, a UU collection of meditations, prayers, and reflections for military chaplains, service members, veterans, military families, and all who minister in military communities. bit.ly/blessallwhoserve
The 2026-2027 UU Common Read is Love at the Center: Unitarian Universalist Theologies, edited by Rev. Dr Sofía Betancourt. The Common Read builds community in our movement by giving diverse people a shared platform for reflection, learning, and action. Visit uua.org/read to learn more!
In Care for the World, editor Erin J. Walter and contributors offer essays, interviews, and resources to revolutionize our understanding of ministry by lifting up the rich diversity of community ministries. Available wherever books are sold and from shopinspirit.org.
A stunning memoir of coming of age and coming out, Swinging on the Garden Gate describes a period of time in writer and teacher Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew’s life when she came to know her #bisexuality as an embodied manifestation of divinity. Available wherever books are sold. #pridemonth
You are no less resilient, reaching both down to the strength that holds you, and up, up to the light, out with your beauty. —Taraxacum Rev. Julián Jamaica Soto Spilling the Light
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!
