Author: Bob Simoni
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Aug. 16, 2025. Climate Consciousness – Monthly Service
Read more: Aug. 16, 2025. Climate Consciousness – Monthly ServiceAugust’s worship service will explore our relationship with the environment and climate change as a moral and spiritual imperative. Gail Sandlin will lead the August NAUA Service. She will explore our relationship with the environment and climate change as a moral and spiritual imperative. We, in the NAUA, rely on pillars of science, justice, and faith to guide us…
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July 19, 2025 Service – Yin and Yang
Read more: July 19, 2025 Service – Yin and Yang“As the Yin and Yang symbol illustrates, there is a piece of each in the other, teaching us the importance of empathy and understanding.” The July Service will be conducted by NAUA’s worship team. The theme will be “Yin and Yang: How is it possible to have opposites come together, and if they are together,…
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The NAUA is now a member of International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF)
Read more: The NAUA is now a member of International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF)On June 15th the North American Unitarian Association (NAUA) became a member of the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF). This is an important milestone for NAUA as membership in IARF represents recognition of NAUA as a member of the world-wide community of liberal religious organizations. The International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF), founded in 1900,…
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Jun 21, 2025 – Two Views on Nature by Dr. Gary Nelson
Read more: Jun 21, 2025 – Two Views on Nature by Dr. Gary NelsonThe June Sunday Service brings together the scientific view of nature, along with the mystical and spiritual view, with a sermon by Dr. Gary Nelson. Dr. Nelson’s training in electrical engineering and applied mathematics encouraged views of the cosmos as mindless, meaningless matter in motion. However, his great-grandmother was Native American, and he grew up…
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Mythology Then and Now: How can it inform our future?
Read more: Mythology Then and Now: How can it inform our future?The NAUA International Alliance hosted a 5-month educational series on Mythology, It was led by Margarete (Marga) Hanna from January through May 2025, with support from Stephen Polmar, John Eichrodt, and Wayne Hanna. We asked Marga to summarize the series for those who were unable to attend one or more monthly sessions. We also want…
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May 3 2025. Todd Eklof NAUA NAUA – Where we are; where we are going.
Read more: May 3 2025. Todd Eklof NAUA NAUA – Where we are; where we are going.Todd Eklof, NAUA President, will discuss the NAUA’s past, present and future, then invite participants to reflect on his message and share their own thoughts. Todd Eklof, NAUA President, will be the main speaker for May’s service. He will discuss where we are, where we have come from, and where we might go. This will…
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A Vision for Liberal Religion
Read more: A Vision for Liberal ReligionRalph Waldo Emerson decried the Unitarianism of his day as “corpse-cold” and urged the religion to evolve with new understandings of the contemporary world. Those understandings are still with us today, but our Living Tradition asks us to continue evolving with the times. Dr. Matthew Shear will share with us a positive view of what…