Acknowledgements

I would like to acknowledge and dedicate this work to my wife Sue and daughter Ellie, for their unending support and inspiration during its development.

Special thanks are due to Joyce Sullivan and other fellow members of the Prose and Poetry writing group of Hamden, Connecticut. Their constructive criticism and comments have helped make the text much more coherent and readable. I would also like to thank both Jesse Greist (Director of Religious Education at the Unitarian Society of New Haven, Connecticut) and John Pawelek (a fellow member of the Unitarian Society of New Haven) for reviewing the manuscript, and offering several helpful comments and suggestions.