Have you seen the notices for the Easter Bonnet workshops this Sunday and next (April 6 and 13) and wondered… Read more Join the Easter Parade
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.
For the Beauty
As one of the three transcendentals: the good, the true, and the beautiful, beauty is an essential quality of being.… Read more For the Beauty
Easter Bonnet Workshop
This year, UUCSC celebrates Easter with an Easter parade. I invite you to join the display by preparing an Easter… Read more Easter Bonnet Workshop
Stewardship Begins
Our 2025 Stewardship Campaign begins! When you receive your packet, I trust you will return your pledge card promptly with the… Read more Stewardship Begins
Invisible Cities
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino I don’t remember how I discovered Italo Calvino. Someone must have recommended him to me.… Read more Invisible Cities
Watermark
Watermark by Joseph Brodsky I finished I Married a Communist on a plane ride to North Carolina to visit my… Read more Watermark
I Married a Communist
I Married a Communist by Philip Roth When I finished reading American Pastoral a few months ago, I had read… Read more I Married a Communist
Keeping it Real
Although religion explores realms not available to empirical study, speaks in myths and parables, and, for some, includes the supernatural,… Read more Keeping it Real
Bible Study
I’m having fun Wednesday evenings with our Bible study group. Why would UUs read the Bible? Well we aren’t reading… Read more Bible Study
Starting From Me
The spiritual life is often described as a journey. It’s not the destination, we say, but the journey. But journeys… Read more Starting From Me