April 2025 Worship Service Recording
Bob Simoni was the featured speaker for the April 19th service. The title was "Life After Death." "Life After Death." At its heart, religion must try to provide answers to the questions surrounding our existence. Perhaps the biggest questions of all, and ones we have...
NAUA Member Services Committee Update
The newly established NAUA Member Services Committee presented their Action Plan to the NAUA Board of Trustees on March 12th. Many who participated in last year's Summit will find their ideas expressed below. The Committee has a threefold purpose: 1. To recruit new...
March 2025 Worship Service
"Yours, Mine and Ours: The NAUA Going Forward"March 15th, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM PST This month's worship service explores various perspectives ("Yours, Mine and Ours") on the future of the NAUA. Join on the 3rd Saturday of the month to take a closer look at...
Latest Issue of the Liberal Beacon
It's Here! The latest issue of the Liberal Beacon contains four articles, two book reviews and more! You can have new issues of the Liberal Beacon and the semi monthly NAUA Compass delivered free to your email box.Back issues available here.
NAUA Celebrates International Women’s Day
Consistent with our support for the inherent rights and dignity of all persons, we celebrate and call for action on International Women's Day on March 8. International Women’s Day (IWD), is a global recognition and call to action that is dedicated to recognizing the...
Origin story of the NAUA – According to Chat GPT
The Origin of the North American Unitarian Association (NAUA) The North American Unitarian Association (NAUA) was founded in 2022 as a response to concerns that the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) had shifted away from its core values of religious freedom,...
NAUA Volunteer Opportunities
Are you looking for a meaningful way to contribute to our faith community? We are excited to announce that NAUA is seeking dedicated members to serve on our committees. This is a wonderful opportunity to use your talents, share your insights, and help shape the future...
Feb. 2025 Saturday Worship with JD Stillwater
NAUA 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...
January 2025 Service – Enlightment Values
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....
Jan. 14, 2025 – When we Almost Got it Right – Societies that Worked
As we hear distressing stories of violence and oppression from around the world, we may benefit from reminding ourselves of times and places when human beings did organize themselves into durable just societies. In this talk Dr. Reimers discusses some of these times...
Join Our New NAUA Conversation/Discussion Circle!
We’re excited to announce the launch of a new monthly space for connection and community building - The NAUA Conversation/Discussion Circle! This circle is designed for NAUA members and friends to gather, share ideas, spark meaningful conversations, and deepen our...
January Worship Service: “The Enlightenment Values of Freedom, Reason, Tolerance”
January's monthly worship service will focus 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...
Solstice Service, 2024
I'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,...
Liberal Religion—Is It Time for Hospice?
Religious participation is plummeting. “Church” has become a bad brand. Should we resign ourselves to palliative care for our aging congregations? Can we find ways to feed the hunger for meaning and community? One thing is certain: We cannot church the way we always...
Baruch Spinoza’s ideas – increasing relevance today
Many 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...
Videos from the Historic 1st NAUA Summit
We 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...
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
NAUA and the Future of Liberal Education
NAUA & 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...
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...
New Summit Special Issue of the Liberal Beacon
This Issue of the Liberal Beacon introduces the Beacon's new editor John Griffin. It features extensive details about the upcoming NAUA Summit to be held Oct. 17-20 in Spokane and online via Zoom. Besides details of the Summit, this issue features short bios of the...
NAUA and the Future of Liberal Religion
NAUA & the Future of Liberal Religion As NAUA prepares for its first Summit in Spokane, Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof will share his thoughts about the direction it should take in its efforts to help Unitarianism and liberal religion to carry on and thrive. This...
NAUA Service: 9/21/2024 – Healing the West by Julian Adorney
This monthly service includes Chalice Lighting, Hymns, guest music and an very interesting guest speaker - Julian Adorney. Julian Adorney is the founder of Heal the West, a Substack movement dedicated to preserving and repairing our liberal social contract....
Dynamic Keynote Speaker Announced for NAUA Summit
NAUA is very pleased to announce that John Wood Jr. will be joining us as the keynote speaker for the historic first NAUA Summit in Spokane Oct 17-20th. John Wood Jr. is a leading figure in the American depolarization movement. He is national ambassador for Braver...
Blog relaunched by Helen Pluckrose
Many of us experienced mind expanding learning when we fead 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...
The Evolution of Humanism
In this recording of Sept 16 2024 NAUA Academy meeting, Dr. Mark Reimers presents an overview of three stages of Humanism. This recording, as well as all previous NAUA Academy session are available on the NAUA website The roots of humanism lie in ancient wisdom...
September News and Events Reminder
Announcements: First Annual Yearly NAUA Summit - Register Now! We have over 110 members registered (about half online) for our first Yearly Summit. The summit will be on the weekend of October 17 to 20, 2024 in Spokane, WA. and all sessions will be shared on Zoom. We...
NAUA Summit Early Bird Rates extended
Are you concerned about the future of our religious tradition? Would you like to meet new friends who share these concerns. Do you want to celebrate the beginning of a new faith tradition? Do you want to take a trip to the beautiful Spokane and Spokane Valley? ...
NAUA Summit Early Bird Deadline Approaches
Are you concerned about the future of our religious tradition? Would you like to meet new friends who share these concerns. Do you want to celebrate the beginning of a new faith tradition? Do you want to take a trip to the beautiful Spokane and Spokane Valley? ...
Our Age
Our 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...
When Liberalism Goes Terribly Wrong
When Liberalism Goes Terribly Wrong (Alternatively – When Populism Swings Left) We hope you will be able to join us for an important service from UU Spokane on Sunday August 18. As you see from the description below, the topic is timely, and given Todd's insights and...