Perhaps our most significant work in the church in the coming year will be our search for our new minister.… Read more A Search Year
Author: Rick
My life-long passion is in the arts: music, theater, visual arts, and literature. I graduated from Cal Arts in 1985 with a degree in music composition. After a career in Human Resources with the AIDS Project Los Angeles and as a parish minister for Unitarian Universalist churches in the Los Angeles area, I retired in 2025 and pursued my artistic work: drawing, painting, composing, and creative writing.
Office Hours
My office hours are changing! Here’s the new schedule: I am typically in the church office three days each week:… Read more Office Hours
Middlemarch
Middlemarch by George Elliot Reading Middlemarch took me nearly two months. My last diary post was Miss Lonelyhearts & The… Read more Middlemarch
A Growth Year
As we near the end of one church year, we begin our preparation for the next by explicitly naming our… Read more A Growth Year
Welcome Back
Although August continues our summer light programming at the church, there’s lots going on and preparations are under way for… Read more Welcome Back
Olympic Gold
I’ve been watching the Olympic GamesProbably you have, tooAt the end of each eventThe announcer finds the winnerAnd asks them… Read more Olympic Gold
Less
Amid the everything excitementThe stress, the tasks, the listsThe necessities, responsibilities, production, pressureThe incomplete, the undone, more to come, nextWe… Read more Less
Space Available
Before the invention of perspective in art, an artist was limited in their composition to the surface plane of the… Read more Space Available
July Rest
June ends our busy season in the church year. July brings needed rest. In August we gradually build energy again… Read more July Rest
Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust
Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West Jim and I were in San Francisco for a… Read more Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust