UDLC RecommendsHere are some of our favorite and recommended books Recommended Books for LGBTQIA+ Learning Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians By Hartke, Austen UnClobber, Expanded Edition with Study Guide: Rethinking Our Misuse of the Bible on Homosexuality By Martin, Colby Radical Love: Introduction to Queer Theology By Patrick S. Cheng Recommended Books on Mental Health Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle By Nagoski PhD, Emily, Nagoski DMA, Amelia Buy on Amazon The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma By van der Kolk M.D., Bessel Buy on Amazon The Anxious Christian: Can God Use Your Anxiety for Good? By Smith, Rhett Buy on Amazon What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing By Winfrey, Oprah, Perry, Bruce D. Buy on Amazon Recommended Books on Anti-Racism How to Be an Antiracist By Kendi, Ibram X. Buy on Amazon Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the US By Lenny Duncan Buy on Amazon The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness By Alexander, Michelle Buy on Amazon Dear White Christians: For Those Still Longing for Racial Reconciliation (Prophetic Christianity Series (PC)) By Harvey, Jennifer Buy on Amazon The Pastoral Team is Reading… For All Who Hunger: Searching for Communion in a Shattered World By Scott, Emily M. D. Buy on Amazon Faith Shaping Ministry By Hoffman, Paul E. God Is a Black Woman By Cleveland, Christena Buy on Amazon This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us By Arthur Riley, Cole Buy on Amazon Fave Book Group Reads… I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness By Channing Brown, Austin Buy on Amazon Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection By Bowler, Kate, Richie, Jessica Searching for Sunday By Rachel Held Evans Buy on Amazon What Is the Bible?: How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters, and Stories Can Transform the Way You Think and Feel About Everything By Bell, Rob Buy on Amazon We Make the Road by Walking: A Year-Long Quest for Spiritual Formation, Reorientation, and Activation By McLaren, Brian D. Buy on Amazon
