You would think in a time of year so packed with Holy Days (we even call this time of year… Read more Christmas Presence
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.
Building Up a World
Spiritual practice can be done in community (like at a church), or alone, or, also, in public. Many Unitarian Universalists… Read more Building Up a World
The Soul of Nature
Second only, perhaps, to Sunday worship, communion with nature is the most common spiritual practice for Unitarian Universalists. When we… Read more The Soul of Nature
For All That Is Our Life
Many folks make a personal spiritual practice of reflecting on their lives. Mindfulness is a way of observing life closely… Read more For All That Is Our Life
Past Present Future
With Halloween just now behind us, thoughts about the relationship between the living and the dead may be present for… Read more Past Present Future
I Will Pray
We make space for prayer and meditation in our Sunday worship, but prayer is also an individual spiritual practice for… Read more I Will Pray
Let It Be a Dance
Dance and other forms of movement can be a spiritual practice. Yoga explicitly is about joining the mind and body… Read more Let It Be a Dance
Communion
Family dinner Sunday brunch Taco Tuesday Working lunch Shiny red apple Champagne toast Box of candy Handful of rice Soup… Read more Communion
Let Us Break Bread Together
Many religions include a spiritual practice around eating a communal meal (The Eucharist, the Passover Seder) or not eating (fasting… Read more Let Us Break Bread Together
The Spiritual Season
Autumn always feels like the “spiritual” season of the year. From September through the end of December nearly every week… Read more The Spiritual Season