Mistakes and Miracles, Nancy Palmer Jones and Karin Lin, the UUA’s 2022-23 Common Read. The book looks at what calls Unitarian Universalists to create multicultural, antiracist Beloved Community, what congregations need when they embark on this journey, and 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 disappointments, as well as hope and wonder, once they commit to the journey. Mistakes abound. Miracles of transformation and joy emerge too.

Treva Burger and Latifah Griffin-Rogers will facilitate four 90-minute Zoom sessions on Mondays starting March 13, from 7-8:30pm, using adapted materials from the UUA. For the 2nd session, please read chapters 3 & 4. The book can be backordered from the UUA bookstore it’s not available, from Amazon (which also offers a kindle version-you can put the Kindle app on any device), you can download and listen from this page on the UUA website and on loan from USG. Contact WideningtheCircle@usguu.org for a loaner book. You are welcome even if you cannot attend all the sessions, but please all the chapters read along with the group.

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