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. 
For appropriate seasonal seediness
Jinny Batterson We are all dependent on seeds, literally and metaphorically. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Author: TCUUC Admin
The Perils of Pauline: Being kind to myself
Meg Barnhouse Allowing myself to see my injuries and pain as “not my fault” is a spiritual challenge. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Representing a moral center
Elaine McArdle Interfaith, multiracial clergy coalition resisted white supremacist gathering in Charlottesville, Virginia. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
UUs fight ACA repeal with civil disobedience
Elaine McArdle Unitarian Universalists joined interfaith coalition partners fighting repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
UUA Board of Trustees appoints two co-moderators
Elaine McArdle Co-Moderators Barb Greve and Elandria Williams will serve together until special election in 2018. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Sin is personal, not just systemic
Molly Housh Gordon Does the sin of white supremacy live in us or in the systems beyond us? Source: UUA World from UUA.org
‘Leaving no one out’
Alexandra Varney McDonald Unitarian Universalist minister who heads Colorado ACLU sees complentary values in civil liberties work and in UU communities. Source: UUA World
The essence of spiritual activism
Christine Organ Hope and compassion can be a critical part of political and spiritual resistance for Unitarian Universalists. Source: UUA World
UUA president names new acting chief operating officer
Christopher L. Walton President Susan Frederick-Gray names outreach director Carey McDonald to one-year term as acting chief operating officer. Source: UUA World
Coming of age in an American internment camp
Kenny Wiley Rose Tanaka, a Denver UU, graduated high school at Manzanar, the infamous American internment camp for people of Japanese descent. Source: UUA World