Perhaps most of all, life should be fun. But joy doesn’t just mean happy. Or not even “very happy.” Joy… Read more Today Will be a Joyful Day
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.
Soar With Courage
For the last year or so, every time I go on facebook, I think to myself, “Why am I on… Read more Soar With Courage
Be Thou My Wisdom
One of the qualities I love about Unitarian Universalism is that we strive to be a reality-based religion. We use… Read more Be Thou My Wisdom
Goal!
For the rest of this church year we look at the goals of faith. What’s it for? There are both… Read more Goal!
The Landscape of the Year
Each year in the last week of the old year and the first week of the new year I take… Read more The Landscape of the Year
A Christmas Dream
God of our hearts Voice of my conscience Highest and best self that I can conceive Spirit of life, and… Read more A Christmas Dream
A Christmas Dream
The Christmas story is motivated by dreams. Angels appear in dreams to bring messages, instructions, and warning. And Christmas itself… Read more A Christmas Dream
Chosen Family
Spirit of love and belonging Inclusive spirit that contains and embraces all Hold out your arms to us this night… Read more Chosen Family
Chosen Family
Gathered round the manger is not a traditional family of mother, father, and child related by blood, but a chosen… Read more Chosen Family
Be That Teacher Faith Directs
Jesus, in our Unitarian theology, is not a savior, but a teacher, not a god, but an example for all… Read more Be That Teacher Faith Directs