I wanted to write about the office repair and refurbishment process. It’s looking great. But I’m writing this column the Saturday afternoon… Read more District Assembly
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.
From the Ground Up
Part One: “A Flower Blooming at Your Door” I spent a week in Washington DC a couple of weeks ago,… Read more From the Ground Up
Love and Hope
Part One: “A Flower Blooming at Your Door” I spent a week in Washington DC a couple of weeks ago,… Read more Love and Hope
For the Work of the Church
We have been talking in worship, all this year, about the Five Developmental Tasks that the Unitarian Universalist Association recommends… Read more For the Work of the Church
In the Desert
Jim and I had a chance to spend a weekend in Palm Springs last month. One day we drove further east… Read more In the Desert
Three Little Words
If we were to write a mission statement for this church… Well, we have one, and it’s long, not particularly… Read more Three Little Words
After We’re Gone
Stewardship is the principle of managing resources so that they most effectively fulfill the purpose for which they were given,… Read more After We’re Gone
At Our Best
We’ve been talking for the last two months about the spiritual issue of identity. The questions of “Who am I?”… Read more At Our Best
To Give
You’ll hear a lot more about the campaign elsewhere in this newsletter and at church, even in your mailbox! We have… Read more To Give
Use of the Democratic Process
For President’s day we look at another core principle that defines who we are as Unitarian Universalists: the principle that… Read more Use of the Democratic Process