Martin Luther King wasn’t just “Dr. King” he was a seminary-educated, ordained, Christian minister. His vision for black Americans was… Read more The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King
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.
Study Leave
Happy New Year, everyone. I’m finishing two weeks away from the church today. With the rest of the staff, I… Read more Study Leave
Chasing Lost Time
Chasing Lost Time: The Life of C. K. Scott Moncrieff; Soldier, Spy, and Translator, by Jean Findlay I found this… Read more Chasing Lost Time
Humility for the New Year
I’m reluctant to make resolutions for the new year. I’m afraid that resolutions are too often framed in a negative… Read more Humility for the New Year
For Unto Us a Child is Born
Marshall Rosenberg in his work on non-violent communication, discounts the need to dwell on the past and advises instead to… Read more For Unto Us a Child is Born
Be Not Afraid
In the Christmas story, angels tell Mary, Joseph and later the Shepherds, “Do not be afraid.” Something wonderful but challenging is… Read more Be Not Afraid
Christmas Eve, 2022
Source of our dreamsCause of our hopesFount of our imaginations and visions for the futureIn the dark and cold of… Read more Christmas Eve, 2022
Darkness and Light
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
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