My 2021 Reading List. All are welcome to join in and I’d love to hear from you if you’re reading any of these books! Use #penroseandseams2021reading to stay connected. 

January

Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home by Toko-pa Turner

February

Prayers of Honoring Voice by Pixie Lighthorse

March

The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron

April

The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Pattern of Intimate Relationships by Harriet Lerner

May

I Am My Body: A Theology of Embodiment by Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel

June

MEND!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto by Kate Sekules

July

Theology of the Womb: Knowing God through the Body of a Woman by Christy Angelle Bauman

August

Using Textile Arts and Handcrafts in Therapy with Women: Weaving Lives Back Together by Ann Futterman Collier

September

My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem

October

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker

November

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski

December

Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System As a Path to the Self by Anodea Judith