My Resources
My Published Works:
"Remind Me Again" Facilitator Guide:
41 Sessions Based on the Poetry of Joe Davis
"Unearthing Us" Facilitator Guide: 21 Sessions Based on the Poetry of Joe Davis
"In A Box" Series for Church Anew
Online Resources:
"Unmasking Racism in Anti-Racism Education" for Yale Divinity School Youth Ministry Institute
Anti-Racist Text Study for The Association of White Lutherans for Racial Justice
"Exploring Implicit Bias" for UCC
The Damascus Project
REMIND ME AGAIN: Facilitator Guide
Rev. Dr. Jia Starr Brown has designed 41 lessons based on Joe Davis’s poems in Remind Me Again. Each lesson helps you have meaningful discussions about Joe’s poetry as well as helping guide you to form more meaningful connections with your own community. Endlessly flexible, this resource can be used as a 10-minute addition to a lesson or as a full 41-week curriculum of hour-long sessions.
Buy "Remind Me Again Facilitator Guide: 41 Sessions Based on the Poetry of Joe Davis" from Augsburg Fortress
UNEARTHING US: Facilitator Guide
The 21 sessions in this Facilitator Guide correspond to the 21 poems in Unearthing Us: Poems and Practices for Discovering Our Fullest Selves by Joe Davis.
- Sessions move through stages of planting, growing, and flourishing that connect to the thematic progression of poems in Unearthing Us.
- Leaders are invited into pre-work activities to prepare their hearts and minds for facilitating each session.
- Sessions include creative responses to each poem along with biblical exploration, community connections, and journaling prompts.
- Many groups can use these sessions: senior high youth, intergenerational events, Bible study groups, retreat participants, and other gatherings of people who want to explore poetry and faith together.
All sessions are written by Rev. Dr. Jia Starr Brown, an educator, activist, and curriculum designer who provides access to education, tools, and community that we all need to live whole and liberated lives.
Buy "Unearthing Us Facilitator Guide: 21 Sessions Based on the Poetry of Joe Davis" here!
Church Anew Resources
Stewardship in a Box Vol 2: The Impossible Promise of Enough
Are you looking for an impactful stewardship program that's theologically-grounded and easy to implement? Using tried and true methods from fundraising experts and stewardship leaders, this resource will help congregations from the beginning to the end of a stewardship campaign. This is not an “all or nothing” resource, that everyone follows exactly and word for word. It is meant to be more of a “choose your own adventure,” setting each congregation up for stewardship success in the way that fits their context best!
Advent in a Box Vol 2: A Thrill of Hope
Preaching, worship and devotional content for Advent Year C (2024)
"Unmasking Racism in Anti-Racism Education" for the Yale Youth Ministry Institute
Despite ongoing anti-racism efforts in our nation racism continues to flourish. If most Americans align with a faith or tradition that upholds values of justice and equity why are we still “here” in this static space? Join us for three sessions as we answer this question by journeying back to our roots: digging up the racism that is embedded in our existing anti-racism frameworks. Together we will explore decolonizing methods and inventory the historical seeds that continue to sprout as intended: to stunt our growth.
https://yaleyouthministryinstitute.org/event/unmasking-racism-in-anti-racism/
Anti-Racist Text Study for The Association of White Lutherans for Racial Justice
"Exploring Implicit Bias" Spring 2025 Registration
The Exploring Implicit Bias training for UCC authorized ministers and members in discernment is an introductory exploration of implicit bias and its presence in all of our lives.
Mondays April 28, May 5, and May 19 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM via Zoom and the Damascus Project Learning Network.
Facilitated by Rev. Dr. Jia Starr Brown and Anna Stamborski
Register here:
https://thedamascusproject.org/product/exploring-implicit-bias-spring-2025/