Religious forces are behind many of the most serious conflicts and debates of our time. What is it about religion… Read more Religion
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.
Politics
A month ago, for the fourth of July holiday, my husband Jim and I attended a party at a friend’s… Read more Politics
Beauty
I’ve been reading an interesting book recently: The Evolution of Beauty by Richard O. Prum. It’s a science book, not theology, but it… Read more Beauty
Memory
We live in the in between Always leaving and arriving Passing through one room Into another And then another Until… Read more Memory
It Is Good
At the end of each day of creation, according to Genesis, God looked at what God had made and pronounced… Read more It Is Good
Making Connections Through Music
Making music, listening to music, dancing to music, music brings people together like nothing else. In worship, music connects us… Read more Making Connections Through Music
Goals
With the closing of the current church year, and the beginning of our new fiscal year, I, and others in… Read more Goals
50th Anniversary of Stonewall
50 years ago, in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, a Saturday, the New York Police Department launched… Read more 50th Anniversary of Stonewall
A Place of Peace
A place of peace Or maybe not a place but surely peace The mentality of peace Where enough is all… Read more A Place of Peace
Asylum
Our UU value of world community puts us in partnership with people fleeing violence, poverty, and persecution in their home… Read more Asylum