The Rev. Ric Masten

The Rev. Ric Masten, 78, died May 9, 2008 at his mountain home near Carmel, California. Dubbed a “troubadour minister,” he has been perhaps the only fellowshipped UU minister never to have graduated from seminary or college. He is perhaps best known for his hymn “Let It Be A Dance.” With his wife, Billie Barbara Masten, he toured the country giving concerts and he earned the distinction of preaching in more Unitarian Universalist churches – over five hundred in 49 states – than any other minister in history. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1999 and chronicled his battle with the disease in a series of poems, books and blog entries, which expanded his ministry to a new community, cancer survivor groups. He is survived by his wife.