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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.
All Souls
As the Autumn skies darken,And the evenings lengthenOur minds and bodies find restAnd our spirits meet the remembered faces Of spirits… Read more All Souls
Community First
As I begin my 26th year of ordained ministry, I am convinced that the primary work of our faith is… Read more Community First
Prayer
The points of pain in our world are so many and so deep Israel, Palestine, Ukraine, Maine, Acapulco Merely to… Read more Prayer
Our GALA Weekend
What a wonderful month we’ve had! I have so enjoyed celebrating our church’s 80th anniversary with you. And I’m very… Read more Our GALA Weekend
Benediction for UUCSC 80th Anniversary GALA
And now our revelries are endedTo heaven’s care our memories sendedEighty years of history toldPlaces, faces, deeds of oldStories of… Read more Benediction for UUCSC 80th Anniversary GALA
An Optimistic Faith
Unitarian Universalism is an optimistic faith Our faith says good things about human persons That we have the strength and… Read more An Optimistic Faith
From Generation to Generation
By the sixth or seventh decade of its life, a church enters into a time in which no member of… Read more From Generation to Generation
A New Way
Founded in 1943 as an Unity church, by the 1960s our church had become Unitarian, and later Unitarian Universalist. This… Read more A New Way
Divine Peace
Spirit of peace Our troubled world needs your peace Our violent thoughts need your peace Our troubled hearts need your… Read more Divine Peace