Author: John Wunderlin
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Blog relaunched by Helen Pluckrose
Read more: Blog relaunched by Helen PluckroseMany of us experienced mind expanding learning when we read British Academic, Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay’s best selling book Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity―and Why This Harms Everybody. This book traced the common ideological thread from postmodern thought and practice as it evolved through Feminism, Gay and Lesbian, Queer,…
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Our Age
Read more: Our AgeOur age is known for violence. It has been marked by alienation. It has spawned bureaucracy. It has embraced cynicism. Yet human beings yearn for alternatives; they long to matter. They hunger for a community of shared values reflecting the triumph of intelligence and the life of the spirit. From Carnegie Commission’s Study on Future…
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Unitarianism and Freedom of Thought – by John Dietrich updated by and Todd Eklof
Read more: Unitarianism and Freedom of Thought – by John Dietrich updated by and Todd EklofWhile many of us had the opportunity to hear Rev. Eklof present an amended version of Rev. John Dietrich’s 1918 sermon, “Unitarianism and Freedom of Thought”, last Sunday on UUSpokane zoom, some of you did not. For me, it was an extremely powerful and meaningful experience. While one can watch the Service on YouTube. However, there are so many…
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Dr Todd Eklof’s Response to the Monumental UUA Bylaw Changes
Read more: Dr Todd Eklof’s Response to the Monumental UUA Bylaw ChangesIn this 13 minute video Rev. Todd Eklof details the many concerns that many of feel after the wholesale revision of the Principles and Values of the Unitarian Universalist Association. He repeats a theme first introduced in the Gadfly Papers that the merge of the Unitarians with the Universalists resulted in a profound and continuing identity crisis…
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UUA Delegates Vote to Eliminate Principles and Sources
Read more: UUA Delegates Vote to Eliminate Principles and SourcesThe voting delegates to the 2024 UUA General Assembly voted 80.2% to amend Article 2 of their bylaws to remove the 7 Principles and the Sources and to replace them with a set of values with ‘love’ at their centre. Amendments to add “Reason” and “Peace” to the list of guiding values were defeated by the delegates.…
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Bob Simoni’s Letter to the Editor
Read more: Bob Simoni’s Letter to the EditorDear Editor: It’s now been 5 years since Rev. Todd Eklof published his book The Gadfly Papers and distributed it freely at the UUA General Assembly in Spokane in July 2019. Like the ceremonial nailing of the 95 Theses on the door of the church in Wittenberg by Martin Luther in 1517, it has led to major…
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4/20/2024 – Immigration/living in another culture – Being Welcoming
Read more: 4/20/2024 – Immigration/living in another culture – Being WelcomingThis month’s service features a sermon by Joyce Kinnear and her topic is “Immigration/living in another culture – Being welcoming” Joyce and her husband Scott are long time Unitarians who have lived in Panama for the past few years and have recently moved to Mexico; they used to live in Castro Valley, California. Recent Posts Archives
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What stage of Reaction to the Changes in Unitarian Universalism are you at?
Read more: What stage of Reaction to the Changes in Unitarian Universalism are you at?In this insightful article, Dr. Stephen Polmar examines changes and reactions within the Unitarian movement using the famous stages of grief model developed by Dr. Kubler Ross. This article was first published in the Oct. 2023 issue of the Liberal Beacon and bears reading -for a second time. Many of us in the NAUA have reacted strongly…
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3/16/2024 – You Can’t Preach Here! You Can’t Marry Here! by Eric Schuman
Read more: 3/16/2024 – You Can’t Preach Here! You Can’t Marry Here! by Eric SchumanFeaturing a sermon by Eric Schuman A condensed history of the the evolution from homophobia to acceptance in Unitarian Universalism and thus, the story of how the fight for gay marriage was won. Recent Posts Archives
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Darwin’s Birthday
Read more: Darwin’s BirthdayToday, Feb. 12, marks the 215 anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin.- 1809 – 19 April 1882 I celebrate this day because of the tremendous, work, insight and ethical wisdom of this great British scientist. His discovery of evolutionary theory first published in the Origin of Species in 1859 solved many problems for his…