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
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.
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
80th Anniversary Celebration
We our way into our 80th Anniversary month celebrations. Sunday mornings we will continue to celebrate with history-themed worship and… Read more 80th Anniversary Celebration
In the Beginning
The founding of an institution is a unique time in its history when it has no history. Where does creation… Read more In the Beginning
Add Your Flower to our ‘Dazzling Bouquet’
I had fun making a “flower” to decorate the border of the big church calendar in the Narthex. See the… Read more Add Your Flower to our ‘Dazzling Bouquet’
Make it NUU
Around the year 1800 something new happened in American religion: the Universalist Church of America, and the American Unitarian Association… Read more Make it NUU
Days of Awe
The High Holy Days of the Jewish calendar Are the time of self-reflection Ten days to consider the question Am… Read more Days of Awe
Give Me That Old Time Religion
Unitarian Universalism defined negatively, begins in 325 CE when Christianity defined itself as Trinitarian, which we are not. But defined… Read more Give Me That Old Time Religion