What Makes Sammy Run? by Budd Schulberg I picked this up at the same time I found Exit Ghost by… Read more What Makes Sammy Run?
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.
Exit Ghost
Exit Ghost by Philip Roth There’s a coffee house a block from the church. I walk there a couple of… Read more Exit Ghost
You’re Perfect, Now Change
Mothering, whether performed by a mother or someone else, requires accepting a child as they are, while also encouraging and… Read more You’re Perfect, Now Change
Songs of the Soul
I’ve been having so much fun singing with the church choir. Rehearsal are fun. Singing on Sundays is fun. Our… Read more Songs of the Soul
Humanly Possible
Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope by Sarah Bakewell Jim and I were in New… Read more Humanly Possible
The Arc of the Moral Universe
Many years ago a Unitarian minister wrote: “I do not pretend to understand the moral universe. The arc is a long… Read more The Arc of the Moral Universe
UU Democracy
The title of the get out the vote initiative of the UUA called, “UU the Vote” makes me wonder what… Read more UU Democracy
Article II Forum
This Sunday, I hope you’ll join me for worship on the theme of Democracy (our fifth UU Principle) and plan… Read more Article II Forum
Budget Process
With our Stewardship Campaign behind us… (you’ve attended a small group meeting, shared your thoughts and feelings about the church,… Read more Budget Process
The Evolution of Cooperation
The Evolution of Cooperation by Robert Axelrod After I finished my sermon yesterday, before I had even stepped down from… Read more The Evolution of Cooperation