Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt is the tenth president of the Unitarian Universalist Association. She was elected in June 2023. Rev. Dr. Betancourt’s twenty-year ministry has included serving as a parish minister, seminary professor, scholar and environmental ethicist, and public theologian.

• Preface by Rev. Sofía Betancourt1. The Theology of Love Was Never a Monologue by Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd2. Something Wild, Something New, Something Beautiful by Rev. Juniper Meadows3. We Call These Things Love by Rev. Adam Robersmith4. Reflections of a Japanese-Descent UU on Cultural Contexts of “Love” by Rev. Shige Sakurai5. Beloved Community Is Love at the Center by Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray6. Hospice and Hors D’oeuvres by Rev. Nathan Detering7. Digging Graves by Rev. Sam Teitel8. Leaning into Interconnectedness by Rev. Sierra-Marie Gerfao 9. The Prophet of Love Near You by Rev. Natalie Fenimore 10. Behind the Shade by Glen Thomas Rideout11. Love Makes a Family by Liz James12. The Transformative Power of Love by Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti13. There Is a Love Holding Us by Rev. Sheri Prud’homme14. Unitarian Universalism—One Holy Love for All by Connie Goodbread15. Love Is Abolition Is Earth Justice by Rev. Karen Van Fossan16. Love and Risk by Robert C. Spirko17. When Love Is Criminalized by Rev. Elizabeth Nguyen18. From Longing to Fully Living by Rev. Mykal O. Slack19. Love and Power at the Center by Rev. Mary Katherine Morn20. Love, a Work in Process by Rev. Bill Sinkford21. On Love by Rev. Marco Belletini22. Love Is the Heart of This Church by Dan McKanan23. Liberating Love by Rev. Fredric Muir24. Finding Love in the Streets by Rev. Jason Lydon25. Death and Glory, Love and Evil by Rev. Ashley Horan26. Love Is a Circle in Time by Rev. Rebecca Ann Parker27. Love: Our Spiritual Need and Calling by Rev. Jade C. Angelica28. Love Is God by Rev. Abhi Janamanchi29. Beloved by Rev. Victoria SaffordFor Further ReadingAbout the Contributors

Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt is the tenth president of the Unitarian Universalist Association. She was elected in June 2023. Rev. Dr. Betancourt’s twenty-year ministry has included serving as a parish minister, seminary professor, scholar and environmental ethicist, and public theologian.

• Preface by Rev. Sofía Betancourt1. The Theology of Love Was Never a Monologue by Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd2. Something Wild, Something New, Something Beautiful by Rev. Juniper Meadows3. We Call These Things Love by Rev. Adam Robersmith4. Reflections of a Japanese-Descent UU on Cultural Contexts of “Love” by Rev. Shige Sakurai5. Beloved Community Is Love at the Center by Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray6. Hospice and Hors D’oeuvres by Rev. Nathan Detering7. Digging Graves by Rev. Sam Teitel8. Leaning into Interconnectedness by Rev. Sierra-Marie Gerfao 9. The Prophet of Love Near You by Rev. Natalie Fenimore 10. Behind the Shade by Glen Thomas Rideout11. Love Makes a Family by Liz James12. The Transformative Power of Love by Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti13. There Is a Love Holding Us by Rev. Sheri Prud’homme14. Unitarian Universalism—One Holy Love for All by Connie Goodbread15. Love Is Abolition Is Earth Justice by Rev. Karen Van Fossan16. Love and Risk by Robert C. Spirko17. When Love Is Criminalized by Rev. Elizabeth Nguyen18. From Longing to Fully Living by Rev. Mykal O. Slack19. Love and Power at the Center by Rev. Mary Katherine Morn20. Love, a Work in Process by Rev. Bill Sinkford21. On Love by Rev. Marco Belletini22. Love Is the Heart of This Church by Dan McKanan23. Liberating Love by Rev. Fredric Muir24. Finding Love in the Streets by Rev. Jason Lydon25. Death and Glory, Love and Evil by Rev. Ashley Horan26. Love Is a Circle in Time by Rev. Rebecca Ann Parker27. Love: Our Spiritual Need and Calling by Rev. Jade C. Angelica28. Love Is God by Rev. Abhi Janamanchi29. Beloved by Rev. Victoria SaffordFor Further ReadingAbout the Contributors

Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt is the tenth president of the Unitarian Universalist Association. She was elected in June 2023. Rev. Dr. Betancourt’s twenty-year ministry has included serving as a parish minister, seminary professor, scholar and environmental ethicist, and public theologian.

• Preface by Rev. Sofía Betancourt1. The Theology of Love Was Never a Monologue by Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd2. Something Wild, Something New, Something Beautiful by Rev. Juniper Meadows3. We Call These Things Love by Rev. Adam Robersmith4. Reflections of a Japanese-Descent UU on Cultural Contexts of “Love” by Rev. Shige Sakurai5. Beloved Community Is Love at the Center by Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray6. Hospice and Hors D’oeuvres by Rev. Nathan Detering7. Digging Graves by Rev. Sam Teitel8. Leaning into Interconnectedness by Rev. Sierra-Marie Gerfao 9. The Prophet of Love Near You by Rev. Natalie Fenimore 10. Behind the Shade by Glen Thomas Rideout11. Love Makes a Family by Liz James12. The Transformative Power of Love by Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti13. There Is a Love Holding Us by Rev. Sheri Prud’homme14. Unitarian Universalism—One Holy Love for All by Connie Goodbread15. Love Is Abolition Is Earth Justice by Rev. Karen Van Fossan16. Love and Risk by Robert C. Spirko17. When Love Is Criminalized by Rev. Elizabeth Nguyen18. From Longing to Fully Living by Rev. Mykal O. Slack19. Love and Power at the Center by Rev. Mary Katherine Morn20. Love, a Work in Process by Rev. Bill Sinkford21. On Love by Rev. Marco Belletini22. Love Is the Heart of This Church by Dan McKanan23. Liberating Love by Rev. Fredric Muir24. Finding Love in the Streets by Rev. Jason Lydon25. Death and Glory, Love and Evil by Rev. Ashley Horan26. Love Is a Circle in Time by Rev. Rebecca Ann Parker27. Love: Our Spiritual Need and Calling by Rev. Jade C. Angelica28. Love Is God by Rev. Abhi Janamanchi29. Beloved by Rev. Victoria SaffordFor Further ReadingAbout the Contributors