Unitarian Universalists have had a difficult relationship with power, lately. But we don’t need to feel ambivalent about having power,… Read more The Power of Love
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.
Ten Percent More Church
Some religious experiences are grandiose: miracles, theophanies, resurrection. But the unlikelihood of that model of instant total transformation can make… Read more Ten Percent More Church
Future Church
In an age of TED Talks and Pod Casts do we need sermons? If our churches are only organized for… Read more Future Church
Ten Percent More…
I’m still tingling from the wonderful evening many of us shared at the “Winter Lights” Service Auction, on January 25. The… Read more Ten Percent More…
Today Will be a Joyful Day
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
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