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 black oak is a bodhisattva
Stephanie Kaza Simply by existing, it serves many others. For human beings, the work of the bodhisattva is a path of kindness, the choice to serve others as a way of life. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Author: TCUUC Admin
Corruption of democracy
Doug Muder Three recent books examine fascism as a contemporary phenomenon. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
The First Principle at work in prisons
Elaine McArdle Two prison chaplains who minister together in Oregon’s only women’s prison discuss the need to end the prison-industrial complex and mass incarceration. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Gift card scammers targeting congregations
Christian Schmidt In carefully targeted scams, email messages designed to look like they were sent by a minister ask members for gift cards. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
We’re right here
TRUUsT Members of TRUUsT, an organization of transgender and nonbinary UU religious professionals, share their stories. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Unitarian Universalists join national protests against migrant detention centers
Elaine McArdle Members and leaders join July 2 “Close the Camps” protests, plan to join July 12 protests. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck is first woman to win Abel Prize
Andrea Dulanto Karen Uhlenbeck, a Unitarian Universalist, made history this year when she became the first woman to win the prestigious Abel Prize for mathematics. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
UUs protest Homestead child detention center
Elaine McArdle Thousands of immigrant children are held at for-profit detention center in Florida. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
UUs rally to end mass incarceration, stop Spokane jail expansion
Elaine McArdle Chanting “End mass incarceration!” and “Schools not cells!” about 1,000 Unitarian Universalists gathered in a public park in Spokane, Washington, for the General Assembly 2019 public witness event. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Commission invites UUs to build a ‘truly hospitable’ faith
Mary Byron, Natalie Fenimore, Cir L’Bert Jr., Elias Ortega-Aponte, Leslie Takahashi ‘If we were able to fashion a UUA that could work for the person who had been the most marginalized among us, it would work better for everyone.’ Source: UUA World from UUA.org