The Rev. Ron Sala sees his ministry as one of helping people to connect: with their deepest selves, with their highest good, and with others like and unlike themselves. He believes that through connection we grow into the people we’re meant to be. Like most Unitarian Universalists, Ron was not raised in this tradition, yet found that discovering this path was like coming home. Raised Mennonite, he seeks to expand the spiritual foundation and concern for justice he was brought up in with a UU respect for diversity of belief and practice. His journey has exposed him to such paths as earth-centered traditions, meditation, Western esotericism, and Transcendentalism,
each of which continue to inspire him.

Ron holds a Master of Divinity degree from New York Theological Seminary
(1999). His writing has been included in Unitarian Universalism: Selected Essays (2000), Underground: The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History (Autumn, 2005), and he is a frequent contributor to The Stamford Advocate. He was awarded the Unitarian Universalists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ Albert Schweitzer Sermon Award (2000).

Ron is a member of AIDS Interfaith Stamford, a delegate to the Interfaith Council of Southwestern Connecticut, and a member of Union Lodge #5, Ancient Free & Accepted Masons. He is a frequent speaker at rallies of local labor unions and was one of the ministers who performed same-sex weddings at New Paltz, NY. In his spare time, he enjoys walking, reading (especially Robert Anton Wilson), and writing poetry and prose. He lives in downtown Stamford with his wife, ReBecca Ames Sala (a UU hospital chaplain), and their four cats.

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