We marked the winter solstice on Wednesday: the day in our annual trip around the sun when Earth’s north pole is pointed… Read more Darkness and Light
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.
Re-Dedicating the Temple
The story of Hanukah tells us that once the temple had been defiled by Antiochus and won back by the… Read more Re-Dedicating the Temple
Belonging
Last week I wrote that I’m enrolled in a class this year for UU ministers serving congregations in transition. I shared… Read more Belonging
Danger of a Single Story
I’m enrolled this year in a year-long, UUA-led, training course for interim ministers. Although I have previous interim training and experience,… Read more Danger of a Single Story
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf A few weeks ago, I worked out how I could commute to work by subway… Read more Mrs. Dalloway
And Then There Was You
After weaving together several strands from several sources that form our inherited identity, at last we come to the most… Read more And Then There Was You
Real Relationships
During the Thanksgiving holiday many of us may have spent some time outside of our usual social bubbles. Perhaps you… Read more Real Relationships
An Honest Reckoning
I like to say that Unitarian Universalism is a “reality-based” religion. I mean both that we honor science and are… Read more An Honest Reckoning
Green Commute
I tried taking the train to work this morning. Cindy Lee showed me how. I catch the Red Line at… Read more Green Commute
We are the Heretics
The UU historian Earl Morse Wilbur named the core principles of Unitarian Universalism as “Reason, Freedom, and Tolerance.” Freedom means… Read more We are the Heretics