Learnings from first facebook experiment.Look at the cameraDon’t need a facebook account to watch liveMust have facebook account to watch… Read more Physical Distancing
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.
Cancel from Compassion
Good AfternoonI hope you’re doing wellImportance of staying connectedWhatever feelings you have about facebook,I’m grateful for this tool.My first ever… Read more Cancel from Compassion
Greater Service
For some, the goal of religion is not directed at improving the self but is directed outward toward improving the… Read more Greater Service
A Right Path
The spiritual sense of “right” begins with intuiting a standard beyond our personal preference and then working to conform our… Read more A Right Path
Invest in the Church
About halfway through our Stewardship Campaign, I’m gratified at the way people are responding. Sometimes on Sunday morning I’ll come across… Read more Invest in the Church
Let Peace Find a Home in Me
For many the goal of religion is simply peace. Indeed, “spirituality” often conjures images and feelings of peace, calm, stillness,… Read more Let Peace Find a Home in Me
The Power of Love
Unitarian Universalists have had a difficult relationship with power, lately. But we don’t need to feel ambivalent about having power,… Read more The Power of Love
Ten Percent More Church
Some religious experiences are grandiose: miracles, theophanies, resurrection. But the unlikelihood of that model of instant total transformation can make… Read more Ten Percent More Church
Future Church
In an age of TED Talks and Pod Casts do we need sermons? If our churches are only organized for… Read more Future Church
Ten Percent More…
I’m still tingling from the wonderful evening many of us shared at the “Winter Lights” Service Auction, on January 25. The… Read more Ten Percent More…