Hers is a name most known by its initials: BBZ. Hers is a catalog of wisdom that outweighs the most durable bookshelf. Hers is an enthusiasm for denominational understanding that awes the most loyal UCCers:Barbara Brown Zikmund. Barbara Brown Zikmund has impacted the self-image of the United Church of Christ with a lifetime of deep theological and historical work. Her knowledge of who and why we are as the UCC—and her appeal for our continued discernment of God’s call upon the denomination—is unparalleled. With Embracing Our Roots, a selection of BBZ’s writing offers us the opportunity to delve into our theological heritage—not merely the themes but the practices that construct the UCC, from act of faith that we call General Synod to thespiritual discipline of building unity across division.