As one of the three transcendentals: the good, the true, and the beautiful, beauty is an essential quality of being.… Read more For the Beauty
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Easter Bonnet Workshop
This year, UUCSC celebrates Easter with an Easter parade. I invite you to join the display by preparing an Easter… Read more Easter Bonnet Workshop
Stewardship Begins
Our 2025 Stewardship Campaign begins! When you receive your packet, I trust you will return your pledge card promptly with the… Read more Stewardship Begins
Reading List
An alphabetical list by author’s name of all the books I’ve read and written about since starting my Book Diary… Read more Reading List
Invisible Cities
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino I don’t remember how I discovered Italo Calvino. Someone must have recommended him to me.… Read more Invisible Cities
Watermark
Watermark by Joseph Brodsky I finished I Married a Communist on a plane ride to North Carolina to visit my… Read more Watermark
I Married a Communist
I Married a Communist by Philip Roth When I finished reading American Pastoral a few months ago, I had read… Read more I Married a Communist
Keeping it Real
Although religion explores realms not available to empirical study, speaks in myths and parables, and, for some, includes the supernatural,… Read more Keeping it Real
Bible Study
I’m having fun Wednesday evenings with our Bible study group. Why would UUs read the Bible? Well we aren’t reading… Read more Bible Study
Starting From Me
The spiritual life is often described as a journey. It’s not the destination, we say, but the journey. But journeys… Read more Starting From Me