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. 
Faith for the unbeliever
Daniel Chesney Kanter More than an adherence to a belief system, faith is an orientation to life. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
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On community
Christopher L. Walton Community is not just a cure for what ails us; it is also what ails us. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Deeper attention
Anitra Lavanhar Photography as a meditation. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Holiday traditions, tangled up like lights
Meg Barnhouse The holiday season can be a tangled web of memory, tradition, longing, and joy. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Activists block natural gas construction site near Port of Tacoma
Kenny Wiley Unitarian Universalists assist Puyallup Tribe and climate justice activists in fight against liquefied natural gas plant. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
500 gather outside NRA for vigil against gun violence
Elaine McArdle On fifth anniversary of Sandy Hook massacre, interfaith coalition gathers outside gun lobby’s headquarters. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Why many people don’t care about climate change
Jeffrey A. Lockwood Perhaps the most important thing we can do to get people to focus on climate justice is to provide them with reliable employment, education, and health care. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Seeking asylum from credible fear
Elaine McArdle Unitarian Universalist volunteers are helping traumatized women and children at a family immigrant detention center in Texas. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Greta Gerwig, a ‘fly on the wall for my adolescence’
Aisha Ansano, Abigail Clauhs, Hannah Roberts Villnave Three young ministers discuss Lady Bird, powerful storytelling, and hopes and possibilities for Unitarian Universalist ritual. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
As fires spread in California, church doors opened
Tina Porter Unitarian Universalist Disaster Relief Fund, already making grants to hurricane victims, also helps congregations in towns ravaged by California wildfires. Source: UUA World from UUA.org