Bob came from upstate Troy, New York. He majored in history and philosophy at West Virginia Wesleyan College then majored in theology at Yale Divinity School. While in college and seminary, he worked small churches to support his young family. He did graduate work in intellectual history at Temple University and in theology at Drew University. He was ordained in the New York Conference of the United Methodist Church. In 2006, he retired and a year later, discovered the TCUUC, where started the book club. In 2008, he began seven years of part-time ministry at the TCUUC then retired again and moved to Asheville, NC. A year later, Bob and his wife returned to the area, and the TCUUC. 
The cup is what holds the light
Susan Frederick-Gray It is easy to hold up a light and declare that everyone is welcome. It is harder to build a place where everyone is truly at home. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Author: TCUUC Admin
Unitarian Universalists to join Global Climate Strike September 20
Elaine McArdle ‘This isn’t something a couple of kids can do. It’s something everybody needs to be taking action on.’ Source: UUA World from UUA.org
A search for truth and meaning
Aneesa Shaikh I would not be the kind of person I am today if I hadn’t kept searching. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Time to dance
Takiyah Nur Amin We need to stop banishing embodiment from our worship. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
On religious grounds
Heather Beasley Doyle A congregation fought—and won—a three-year battle to install solar panels on its historic building. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
‘Always in beta’
Kris Willcox The Church of the Larger Fellowship celebrates seventy-five years of innovative ministry. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
An essential spiritual and moral value
Susan Frederick-Gray If our justice work does not emerge from the moral and spiritual value of love, in the end it will reinforce practices of domination and violence, just in new forms. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Moving mountains one stone at a time
Elizabeth Nguyen As Unitarian Universalists, our journey is to transform the big and the small, to transform ourselves, and to transform the world. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Partnering with indigenous leaders, UU organizations support gathering in South Dakota
Elaine McArdle Organizers of interfaith, intercultural gathering seek funding to support convergence Source: UUA World from UUA.org
GA affirms democracy as vital but corrupted ideal
Christopher L. Walton At annual business meeting, Unitarian Universalists also celebrate completion of fundraising for Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism. Source: UUA World from UUA.org