Jim Aikin and his parents and sister were members of our congregation in the early 1960s, when we were the Livermore Unitarian Fellowship. Following a successful career as a staff writer and editor at a magazine for musicians, Jim returned to Livermore in 2002 and rejoined UUCiL in 2015. He is the author of a number of books, both fiction and nonfiction, a private cello teacher, a perpetual auto-didact, an expert in music technology, and an avid board game player.
Please join us for “Making Music,” a secular service led by Jim Aikin.
Jim will offer a few ideas about why music is found in all human
cultures, talk about the rich history of music-making, reflect on the
disturbing social implications of modern music technology, and maybe
even tell … read more.
Until the middle of the 19th century, agnosticism and atheism in the modern sense were almost literally unthinkable. But the foundations of conventional faith had been gradually shifting and weakening for several hundred years prior to that. In this service we’ll explore how and why … read more.
