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
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.
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
Religion
Religious forces are behind many of the most serious conflicts and debates of our time. What is it about religion… Read more Religion
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