Unitarians acknowledge that our “Living Traditions include (among other things) Wisdom from the world’s religions and Jewish and Christian teachings” (see any bulletin). Study of the Hebrew Bible and commentaries is one way of acknowledging that tradition, and it has become the spiritual practice of Stephen’s religious journey. He will explain how, done in community, it stimulates depth of thought, helps resolve difficult ethical issues and enriches life.

Stephen Guggenheim is a first generation American born in Denver Colorado to refugees from Nazi Germany. He received his education at East Denver High School, Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. As a laboratory scientist and specialist in diseases of the kidney he worked and taught at the University of Colorado Medical School for 15 years. In 1984 he moved to Bozeman to be Director of the Montana WAMMI Medical Education program. He and Amanda Cater met soon after and married in 1987. His two children from a previous marriage also live in Bozeman. He loves to play music, ski, fish, read and give talks on subjects he knows little about.