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. 
‘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
Category: From the UUA
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
Three commandments: stay, learn, go
Jeffrey A. Lockwood A Gary Snyder poem helps me find my way in our messed-up world. Source: UUA World
Henry David Thoreau, the original none
Richard Higgins He wanted nothing to do with the Unitarian church that baptized him, but today’s Unitarian Universalism has embraced his revolutionary ecological, conscientious, and spiritually open approach. Source: UUA World
Roger Nash Baldwin, Unitarian co-founder of ACLU
Kris Willcox Unitarian co-founder of the ACLU helped to define and defend civil liberties. Source: UUA World
Susan Frederick-Gray elected UUA president
Christopher L. Walton Minister of Phoenix, Arizona, congregation wins three-way race to become UUA’s ninth elected president and the first woman elected to the office. Source: UUA World
UUA board approves funding plan for Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism
Elaine McArdle At New Orleans board meeting, trustees also discuss deficit caused by severance packages. Source: UUA World
Moving beyond ‘whites only’ UU theology
DeReau K. Farrar Embracing theists is essential to the cultural and spiritual health of Unitarian Universalism. Source: UUA World