Providing religious education for children is as important now as it has ever been. But today’s social reality creates new… Read more RE Sunday
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.
Prayer for RE Sunday
Holy spirit of life and love That moves through all things And that connects us all with hope and power… Read more Prayer for RE Sunday
Budget Final Steps
Last Saturday the Board and Finance Committee hosted the last of the three Budget Hearings they had scheduled. The congregation… Read more Budget Final Steps
Ficciones
Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges I had finished This Side of Paradise and The Kingdom of Sand and wanted to… Read more Ficciones
Busy Weekend
We have a couple of busy days this weekend at UUCSC. Most of what I’ll mention here is covered further… Read more Busy Weekend
No Gift is Too Small
On the day we honor those Americans who have given the ultimate sacrifice, I want us to also consider all… Read more No Gift is Too Small
End of Church Year Preaching Schedule
We are coming rapidly to the end of the church year. I have one more sermon to give in my… Read more End of Church Year Preaching Schedule
Divine Mother
Asherah, Coatlicue, Sybil, Diana Gaia, Hera, Quanyin, Mary Hecate, Isis, Lakshmi, Parvati Anat, Astarte, Athena, Shakti Earth mother, heavenly mother, mother of… Read more Divine Mother
This Side of Paradise
This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald This is Fitzgerald’s first novel, and it shows. Hugely popular when it… Read more This Side of Paradise
The Kingdom of Sand
The Kingdom of Sand by Andrew Holleran After I read Dancer From the Dance a few months ago and posted… Read more The Kingdom of Sand