Alec has been a practicing UU for 23 years, raised in a UU church chosen by his father, raised Quaker, and his mother, raised Jewish (though both Humanist in practice). Alec studied natural science at Creighton University, a Jesuit institution, and is now completing his Ph.D. at UC Riverside while serving as chair of the Worship Committee here at UUCR.
Service Video Life, even in 2021, can be difficult. The spiritual journey is one built on the pain of confronting difficult challenges. In short, discipline is the practice of confronting spiritual challenges. But what exactly is self-discipline, and how can we actually apply it? M. Scott Peck claims that there are four elements of discipline: … Continue reading “The Road Less Traveled: Discipline,” by Dr. Morgan Scott Peck
“Not For Innocent Ears” is a humanistic portrait of the spiritual beliefs, healing strategies, oral traditions, customs and teachings of Desert Cahuilla people, the aboriginal hunters-gatherers-and-gardeners of Coachella Valley. Although these native Californians maintained their aboriginal lifestyle until the nineteenth century, very little is known about them. “Not For Innocent Ears” represents three years of … Continue reading “Not For Innocent Ears: Spiritual Traditions of a Desert Cahuilla Medicine Woman,” by Alec Peck
In 1966, Gene Roddenberry’s vision of the future came to life in the western-in-space, Star Trek. Roddenberry showed us an optimistic future: humanity’s internal problems, including racism, poverty, and violence have been solved, and the morality of humans is tested in the wilderness of space. Starfleet and the Starfleet officers in the series serve as … Continue reading “Lessons from Star Trek,” by Alec Peck
Service video UUism is built on many religious traditions which describe some type of theology, the most familiar being the idea of the Judeo-Christian God. Each religious tradition offers some form which the spiritual world takes, e.g., God, gods, spirits, etc. However, most UUs do not find any specific representation of god to be very … Continue reading “How Would ‘god’ Manifest? A Rational Approach,” by Alec Peck
Emotional intelligence plays a key role in understanding ourselves and the people around us
