About Tom

Tom Owen-Towle photoWith 50 plus years in Unitarian Universalist ministry and four decades of leadership in the men’s movement, Tom Owen-Towle brings a seasoned perspective to the topics of progressive religion, partnership, gender justice, parenting, and citizenship in the global family. Tom Owen-Towle has been a parish minister since 1967 and is the author of two dozen books on various topics of personal growth, social compassion, and spiritual depth.

He has been partnered in marriage for 48 years to Carolyn Sheets Owen-Towle, and they are the devoted parents of four and active grandparents of seven. Tom is also a guitarist and parlor magician, and currently sings in nursing homes, mentors children and youth-at-risk, and volunteers with San Diego’s homeless.