Stephen Shick is Minister Emeritus of the Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson, MA, he also served UU congregations in Haverhill, MA and Portland, ME.Stephen was founding director of the Unitarian Universalist Peace Network and former director of U.S. programs for the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, and help to establish Community Ministries with in our association. Stephen has taught the art of public speaking to UU ministers and social activist for over 25 years He is the author of Speaking by Heart: The Spiritual Practice of Unscripted Public Speaking and Justice Seekers Consider the Lilies, a collection of meditations .