Richard S. Gilbert

Richard S. Gilbert retired in June 2005 after serving 44 years in the Unitarian Universalist ministry in Cleveland, Ohio, Golden, Colorado, Ithaca, NY, and for 32 years at the First Unitarian Church of Rochester, NY. He received an M.Div. from St. Lawrence University Theological School, a D. Min. from Colgate Rochester Divinity School and honorary doctorates from St. Lawrence University, Meadville Lombard Theological School and Starr King School for the Ministry. In 1995 he received the Holmes-Weatherly Award of the Unitarian Universalist Association for faith-based social justice work. He is the author of the Building Your Own Theology adult religious education series, as well as three Skinner House Books: The Prophetic Imperative: Social Gospel in Theory and Practice, How Much Do We Deserve? An Inquiry in Distributive Justice and In the Holy Quiet of This Hour, a book of meditations. Currently he is part-time Social Justice Coordinator for the St. Lawrence Unitarian Universalist District, does guest preaching, social justice workshops and is working on several books including the religious life of Susan B. Anthony and the history and philosophy of UU religious education. He also has taught at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Starr King School for the Ministry and Meadville Lombard Theological School.

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Webinar presented by Rev. Richard Gilbert, president of UU Retired Ministers and Partners. 2015...

Webinar | By Richard S. Gilbert | December 17, 2017 | From LeaderLab

Explores the connections between spirituality and social action...

Book | By Richard S. Gilbert | From Skinner House Books

Bridges the gap between scholars in economic, theological and ethical disciplines, for concerned laity and clergy...

Book | By Richard S. Gilbert | From Skinner House Books
Book | By Richard S. Gilbert | From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop

“It’s hard to know when to respond to the seductiveness of the world and when to respond to its challenge. If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between the desire to improve the world and...

Meditation | By Richard S. Gilbert | June 4, 2015 | From WorshipWeb

When we are overwhelmed with the world And cannot see our way clear, When life seems a struggle between tedium and apathy Or frenzy and exhaustion; When today seems a punishment and tomorrow a torment, May we find the courage of patience. May we recognize courage in ourselves and our companions;...

Meditation | By Richard S. Gilbert | June 4, 2015 | From WorshipWeb

“Each morning we must hold out the chalice of our being to receive, to carry, and give back.”—Dag Hammarskjold Each morning we hold out our chalice of being To be filled with the graces of life that abound— Air to breathe, food to eat, companions to love, Beauty to behold, art to cherish,...

Meditation | By Richard S. Gilbert | June 4, 2015 | From WorshipWeb

For the sound of bow on string, Of breath over reed, Of touch on keyboard; For slants of sunlight through windows, For shimmering shadows on snow, For the whisper of wind on my face; For the smooth skin of an apple, For the caress of a collar on my neck; For the prickling of my skin when I am dee...

Meditation | By Richard S. Gilbert | June 4, 2015 | From WorshipWeb

In the midst of the whirling day, In the hectic rush to be doing, In the frantic pace of life, Pause here for a moment. Catch your breath; Relax your body; Loosen your grip on life....

Meditation | By Richard S. Gilbert | June 4, 2015 | From WorshipWeb

Be ­gentle with another— It is a cry from the lives of ­people battered By thoughtless words and brutal deeds; It comes from the lips of those who speak them, And the lives of those who do them. Who of us can look inside another and know what is there Of hope and hurt, or promise and pain? Who...

Meditation | By Richard S. Gilbert | April 26, 2015 | From WorshipWeb

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