Jim Street grew up near Four Corners and never moved away, going to school at the University of Maryland and then becoming a teacher in the area.  He did not set out to teach, but in his third year at UMd teaching seemed like a reasonable thing to do as he saw a way of…

Pat Scheid grew up in a large Catholic family in rural Western Michigan. She spent lots of time in the library because of her love of reading.  It became an escape where she could learn about other people and places outside of her little home town. Upon leaving home for college, she left Catholicism behind,…

David Rodriguez grew up in New Jersey, the youngest of nine in a Catholic Puerto Rican immigrant family.  He did not have a strong attachment to Catholicism and when two older siblings became UUs he became interested.  An older sister became a UU hospital chaplain and an older gay brother found an inclusive community.  The…