He made a lot of jokes about it, but he was part of several different congregations over 40 years in the various places he lived.

One of the reasons he liked UUs is that we don't impose our views on others, and we have a wide diversity of beliefs. In his words: "This is a spiritual family, which I have chosen, and this is a family which will not and does not make rules for me. This is the family, which says to all of us — enjoins all of us — to think with the mind that we have, and not the one we're supposed to have."

On the Starlight on the Rails CD he talks about writing "Hymn Song" at the behest of his manager, and telling the manager that he was a Unitarian.

I remember him doing a concert at Passim in Cambridge, MA, where he talked about singing folk songs at his Unitarian Universalist congregation. "We're religious liberals," he said, "so we sing liberal folk songs - like 'Which Side Am I On' and 'I Would Rather Not Be Moved.'"

Utah knew the value of not taking things too seriously - even the things dear to him.

Dan