Bill Heavlin retired two years ago after a four-decades long career in Silicon Valley. He has one son, well-established in Minneapolis. Along with his wife Noreen, Bill is one of the principal lay leaders of the Unitarian Universalist Coastside Community, centered in Half Moon Bay, California. With Esther Wallace, he has guided two iterations of the sermon-writing class for lay people, “The Shared Pulpit.”
Inspired by the 13 virtues of Benjamin Franklin, the 19th-century Lithuanian Rabbi Israel Salanter built out a system of character refinement system called Mussar. With the advent of the New Year, and the prospect of many of us formulating New Year’s resolutions, Bill Heavlin sketches … read more.
Our justice system seeks to match to each crime the appropriate level of punishment. This principle is grounded in the Biblical phrase “an eye for an eye.” This service builds out an alternative, restorative approach to crime and justice. Analogous to a knitter darning … read more.
