The first questions of spirituality are the questions of identity: “Who am I?” and “Who are human beings?” The Christian holiday… Read more At My Core
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.
Love Surrounds Us
Look at this sweet photo I took today! I probably should have waited until Valentine’s Day to use it, but I… Read more Love Surrounds Us
Prater Violet
Prater Violet by Christopher Isherwood I’m still reading 20th century English novels. After finishing The Berlin Stories a week ago… Read more Prater Violet
Howards End
Howards End, by E. M. Forster Howards End is the story of two families: The wealthy German-English Schlegel family and… Read more Howards End
The Berlin Stories
The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood The stories are set in the years Isherwood lived in Berlin, 1929-1933. The first… Read more The Berlin Stories
Let’s Create Something
Happy New Year! Let’s begin this new year by imagining what we might create together in the coming year: in… Read more Let’s Create Something
A Christmas Carol
The Christmas scene is so simple and so human. It’s just a family: two young parents, a new baby. The setting is… Read more A Christmas Carol
Christmas Eve Chalice Lighting
The story is told That in the darkest night of the year At the end of a long journey In… Read more Christmas Eve Chalice Lighting
Through
Today is the day after the winter solstice, which means that last night was the longest night of the year.… Read more Through
The Waves
The Waves by Virginia Woolf I have read a lot of Virginia Woolf, including this novel. The girlfriend of one… Read more The Waves