Making music is a powerful form of spiritual practice for many. In church, Unitarian Universalists sing hymns, sing in the… Read more Come Sing a Song With Me
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.
Come Sunday
The most familiar form of spiritual practice for most Unitarian Universalists is our Sunday gathering: our communal practice of joining… Read more Come Sunday
Practice, Practice, Practice
Several years ago, after I had already been a minister for several years, I had a woman in my congregation… Read more Practice, Practice, Practice
Worship Plan
Two decades ago, when I first started in the ministry, it was the culture in our UU churches for ministers… Read more Worship Plan
Taxes
I’ve been having some fun this summer preaching about topics that don’t usually get talked about in polite society, or… Read more Taxes
When the Pain is Close
When the pain is close Worn on our skin Written on our bones Carried like a parcel through the day… Read more When the Pain is Close
Death
I’ve been preaching this summer about some of those big, fundamental, categories of our lives that we usually don’t talk… Read more Death
Circle, Line, Spiral
We are now past the halfway point of this interim ministry. I can feel a shift in the congregation toward the… Read more Circle, Line, Spiral
A Prayer for Travelers
For grand adventures For pleasant vacations For quick get-aways and long go aways And leave it all behind or take… Read more A Prayer for Travelers
Sex
The summer months are technically the final months of the previous church year. We haven’t begun the new year yet,… Read more Sex