I will miss Bob, the wonderful friend he was and the deep thinker and seeker of Truth that he exemplified. It was always a meaningful experience to talk with him, and the conversation never lingered on anything but the most profound with the invitation to search together for all that was pure and good and true.
As I read the deeply moving tributes above, I realized that, not being a musician myself, i was not fully aware of his extraordinary talent as a musician, which he shared in the Boston community over so many years and in so many places. But I did know Bob in the profound ways in which he shared his spiritual yearnings and thoughts and love for God. He was a generous, loving and deeply spiritual thinker, who loved to explore ideas with everyone who would engage with him about the ultimate meaning of life and our purpose here.
I first met Bob when he came into the Christian Science Reading Room in Boston, where I worked, and we became instant friends, often talking for long periods over supper in local restaurants or when he tuned my piano which he did over those 12 years.
He would often call to share inspiration over something that he had been pondering from the Bible, the teachings of Christian Science or other spiritual teachings and schools of thought from around the world. His humility and deep desire to draw close to God and serve Him in every way in his life was palpable, and he often turned others to more deeply consider their own purpose in life as followers of Christ or by whatever form their spiritual practice took.
The last time I saw Bob was at the Church of the Advent on Beacon Hill in Boston, at the Advent service before Christmas this past year, when he invited me and a couple of mutual friends to attend the service with him. We were all moved to be there and felt his joy that we there sharing with him what he loved so much. After the concert we all went to a local restaurant for a time of fellowship - as though we were family....WE WERE. I will always cherish the kind, loving and inspiring individual he was and continuously strived to be. I am saddened that we shall see him no more but am praying to see him as soaring upward and free, feeling fully worthy of and fully embraced by God's ever-present love.