Upon seeing this title some of you may be thinking, “Are you putting us on? This is 2015 and we are a UU Fellowship, not a monastery or convent.  You can’t be serious…are you?”  I am serious. Maybe, just maybe, we might be both surprised and reminded of a few worthwhile thoughts and practices.

Dick Smythe is an entomologist retired from the research division of the US Forest Service.  Throughout his life he has maintained two dominant interests: first, his fascination with the natural world – our non-human environment and endless source of wonder; second, his abiding interest in religion/theology – a subject of continuing education and challenge.