Oh, the things I don’t know!The acreage of my ignorance!The common knowledgemiscommunicated to meThe hollows, the gaps, the blanksI knew… Read more Blessed Stupidity
Author: Rick
My life-long passion is in the arts: music, theater, visual arts, and literature. I graduated from Cal Arts in 1985. I began my career in non-profit administration working in Human Resources for AIDS Project Los Angeles during the height of the AIDS crisis. In 1995 I returned to school for a Masters in Divinity, and became a Unitarian Universalist minister. The ministry combined my passion for the arts with my skill as a non-profit administrator.
A Community of Ages
Our church community keeps growing! We’ll enjoy a look back at this past church year, the kids will share some… Read more A Community of Ages
Memorial Day
Though the war drums fall silentTheir beat yet echoes across the earthShaking the grass that sprouts where boots were kickedSlicing… Read more Memorial Day
The Eternal Rememberer
“We remember them” we say, in one of the litanies from our hymnal. But if honoring the dead depends on… Read more The Eternal Rememberer
Reading List
An alphabetical list by author’s name of all the books I’ve read and written about since starting my Book Diary… Read more Reading List
Trapped!
Trapped! The story of Floyd Collins by Robert K. Murray and Roger W. Brucker Jim and I spent a week… Read more Trapped!
The Noise of Time
The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes Jim and I spent a week in New York last month. We stayed… Read more The Noise of Time
Loyalty: A Delicate Virtue
To perceive that something is valuable, to connect ourselves to that thing, and then to stick with it when times… Read more Loyalty: A Delicate Virtue
Cross Purposes
Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy by Jonathan Rauch Rauch’s new book, published earlier this year, is an extended… Read more Cross Purposes
The First Three Minutes
The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe by Steven Weinberg Back in February, when… Read more The First Three Minutes