Author: John Wunderlin
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Feb. 2025 Saturday Worship with JD Stillwater
Read more: Feb. 2025 Saturday Worship with JD StillwaterNAUA 3rd Saturday Worship Service – Nature’s Scripture: the Interfaith Promise of Science. Underlying the human world of strife and separation is an oft-neglected landscape of commonality between faiths: the natural world. At precisely the time when our religious and political divisions threaten the existence of life on Earth, science offers a sweeping interfaith vista…
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Jan. 2025. “The Enlightenment Values of Freedom, Reason, Tolerance”
Read more: Jan. 2025. “The Enlightenment Values of Freedom, Reason, Tolerance”Enlightenment Values of Freedom, Reason and Tolerance. January’s monthly worship service focused on the Enlightenment Values of Freedom, Reason and Tolerance, the very same values that were adopted by the NAUA and that stand at the core of Western liberal tradition. The full service title is: “The Enlightenment Values of Freedom, Reason, Tolerance; Advancing the…
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Dec 22, 2024 Solstice Service
Read more: Dec 22, 2024 Solstice ServiceI’ve been attending Unitarian Solstice services for as long as I can remember, but I have never enjoyed one as much as this Solstice. Maybe it was the music, the poems, Rev Manning’s talk or just being (virtually) with 50 old and new friends. From all of us at NAUA, warmest wishes for a thoughtful,…
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Dec 3, 2024 – Baruch Spinoza’s ideas – increasing relevance today
Read more: Dec 3, 2024 – Baruch Spinoza’s ideas – increasing relevance todayMany of you may be familiar with 17th century Dutch philosopher Baruck Spinoza. I knew the name and the famous quote from Einstein that he “believed in “Spinoza’s God” but I didn’t have a very clear idea of the resonance his beliefs hold for many Unitarians. Thus, I was grateful to bump into the video…
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Nov. 16, 2024 – Where Do We Go From Here? with Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof
Read more: Nov. 16, 2024 – Where Do We Go From Here? with Rev. Dr. Todd EklofIn this Nov 18, 2024 3rd Saturday Worship service NAUA President Rev.Dr. Todd Eklof addresses “Where do we go from here?“ Recent Posts Archives
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Nov. 9, 2024 – “Beyond all “—isms” — the creative, inquiring, free & liberative spirituality of Imaoka Shin’ichirō”
Read more: Nov. 9, 2024 – “Beyond all “—isms” — the creative, inquiring, free & liberative spirituality of Imaoka Shin’ichirō”Speaker: Andrew James Brown, Minister of Cambridge Unitarian Church, Cambridge, UK “Beyond all “—isms” — the creative, inquiring, free & liberative spirituality of Imaoka Shin’ichirō” Imaoka Shin’ichirō (1881-1988) was a pioneering Japanese religious leader and educator, deeply involved in the development of Free Religion and interfaith dialogue. Born into a Shin Buddhist farming family, he…
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Videos from the Historic 1st NAUA Summit
Read more: Videos from the Historic 1st NAUA SummitWe have released all of the videos from the 1st NAUA Summit held in Spokane Wa. Oct 17-20 2024. The videos are available now from the NAUA Youtube channel. These videos include all of the general sessions and workshops, keynote speech, Sunday worship and a slide show from the Summit. Thanks to John Wunderlin for editing and producing…
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NAUA Keynote Speaker John Wood Jr.
Read more: NAUA Keynote Speaker John Wood Jr.North American Unitarian Association hosted its first conference at Spokane church with a focus on political division from keynote speaker John Wood Jr. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIF4aO7TdS0&t=416s Recent Posts Archives
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NAUA and the Future of Liberal Education
Read more: NAUA and the Future of Liberal EducationNAUA & the Future of Liberal Religion As NAUA prepares for this session. Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof shares his thoughts about the direction it should take in its efforts to help Unitarianism and liberal religion to carry on and thrive. This presentation will include his ideas about membership growth, outreach, and future kinds so…
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Difference between Woke, Left and Liberal – with a little Enlightenment and Foucault thrown in!
Read more: Difference between Woke, Left and Liberal – with a little Enlightenment and Foucault thrown in!Have you been caught trying to prepare or deliver a short elevator speech, that lets others know what is the problem with the current ideological focus in many of our social institutions? If this describes your experience some days, you likely will really appreciate and learn from Susan Neiman’s new book – Woke is Not Left…