Rev. Dr. Bud Hearn, who will speak on “Words Are the Bearer Of Meaning.” With words we create our “life-world”. We are the only beings that live in a complex world of our own making. And we are at “home” in this world because we have created it with our words which evolved as did we.

Rev. Dr. Bud Hearn, is a retired Presbyterian Minister. Ministry was a second career after thirteen years in public secondary education as a teacher and administrator. Bud chaired and taught in the School of Religion, University of Wyoming; and served as part time staff at the Theological Seminary, University of Dubuque, IA. He currently teaches progressive religious studies classes in Hot Springs Village sponsored by the UUV Church. Bud holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Upsala College, Montclair Teachers College, University of Dubuque, and Rutgers University. He and his wife Pat, retired to Hot Springs Village in 1994.