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
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.
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
Christmas Presence
You would think in a time of year so packed with Holy Days (we even call this time of year… Read more Christmas Presence
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