The title of the get out the vote initiative of the UUA called, “UU the Vote” makes me wonder what… Read more UU Democracy
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.
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
Shy
Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers by Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green Mary Rodgers is the daughter of… Read more Shy
Ours
Our planet, our home, our community, our church. We mark Earth Day by asking, “Do the shared things we call… Read more Ours
Passover
Passover begins, this year, the evening of Monday, April 22 and continues through April 30. Passover recalls the story from… Read more Passover
Compassion
God of compassionHoly spirit that binds us all in one human familyBlessed network of connections that interweaves one and another… Read more Compassion
All In
Four years ago, our church partnered with the North Hollywood Home Alliance to provide a once-a-week hospitality program to persons… Read more All In
Newsletter
Can we just take a moment to celebrate this newsletter? Wow! Every week, an attractive, informative, accurate, readable summary of… Read more Newsletter