Timely Unitarian History Lesson
In times of unrest and disagreement it is comforting to know that these times are not unique. We have been challenged by different understanding and goals of our religious organizations in the past and in the present. In this NAUA Academy video, Kevin McCulloch,...
Blessed are the Peackeepers
The recent events in Palestine/Israel and in the Ukraine gives us shocking awareness of the need for peace making. These type of long lived national and tribal warfare are an all too familiar component of our human history. However, we know from experiences in...
2023 Holiday Greetings from the NAUA President Rev. Todd Eklof
In this video Rev Dr. Todd Eklof reflections on the first year of the NAUA operation, the programs it is offers and the hope we have for Liberal Religion. He also shares his best wishes to each of you during this holiday season and beyond.
Parliament of the World’s Religions
A recording of the Nov. 2023 NAUA Academy Session is now available. "We accept all Religions as Truth” are the words spoken by Swami Vivekananda at the founding of the Parliament of the World’s Religions in 1893 in Chicago. Our speaker is Bruce Knotts, a Trustee of...
Online Communities – Good enough?
The link from this page is to the recording of a recent service at UUSpokane. This regular service is not an NAUA event, but given the need in the NAUA and all distributed organizations to create and sustain online communities, I hope it will be of interest. I also am...
Tributes to Rev. Dr. Finley C. Campbell
In this special issue of UUMUAC"s View from the Mountaintop 11 friends provide memories and pictures of Rev. Dr Finley C. Campbell, Rev Campbell was the founder of the Unitarian Universalist Multiracial Unity Action Council. (UUMUAC) Finley’s principled...
Different Responses to the Current State of Unitarian Universalism
The illiberalism that currently exerts control over the Unitarian Universalist denomination gives rise to many intense feelings. In this essay, reprinted from Issue #7 of the Liberal Beacon,Stephen Palmer aptly describes these reactions with which many of us are...
Rev. Kake Rhode opens law suit against the UUA
Rev. Kate Rhode has successfully launched her lawsuit against the UUA. In the suit she charges that the UUA unlawfully disfellowshipped her and thus eliminated her pension. This follows a distinguished career as a UU minister. She served many congregations over 40...
Liberal Religion – Its History and Values
Liberal Religion - It’s History and Values In this NAUA Academy Session, Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof discusses the origins and characteristics of liberalism in the Renaissance and Enlightenment periods, how liberalism manifested as Unitarianism in Eastern Europe and,...
Top Notch Saturday Community Worship Service
NAUA's monthly worship for October was service was exceptional. The music was first rate and Rev. Mark Gallager gave a very insightful sermon - Not Fallen Angels: Reconsidering fashionably cynical attitudes about humanity and civilization. The zoom recording of this...
Latest issue (#7) of the Liberal Beacon
In this month’s issue from the Liberal Beacon Editorial Board: Stephen Polmar uses Kübler-Ross's five stages of grief to explain Different Responses to the Current State of Unitarian Universalism. Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning shares her seasonal poem The Dark...
Religious Charisma
Latest News from NAUA The CBC Ideas program provides a daily broadcast and podcast on current and often academic topics. This podcast and text will be of interest to Unitarians who are trying to understand the rise, and demise of religion from an historical...
A Very Compelling Academy Presentation!
The NAUA Academy presents its most compelling course to date with over 100 people registered. The presentation covers the philosophy and ideas behind the identity movement, that has driven so much controversy in churches, universities and businesses. This presentation...
Summary of book “Used to be UU”
Frank Casper and Jay Kiskel are long time Unitarians who are very concerned with the ideological and authoritarian shift happening in Unitarian Universalist congregations and organizations. They also realized that there is no way for average Unitarian Universalists...
Philosophy in a Nutshell
Rev. Todd Eklof teams up with a variety of Artificial Intelligent tools and Wikipedia to create an amazing set short videos high lighting ancient Greek Philosophers. Besides being engaging, visually stunning and informative, Todd claims the videos were easy and quick...
Mama Bear and AI
There is much uncertainty and uneasiness about what Artificial Intelligence will mean for our future but, for now, it’s already being employed by millions of people to save time researching, writing, creating art, and producing media. Not wishing to be left behind, I...
Ban Nuclear Weapons
On August 6, 1945 at 8:15 am the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima Japan. Since then the potential for nuclear catastrophe has grown to a frightening scale. In our work for peace, we should following the will of the United Nations General Assembly that voted...
Latest Issue of the Liberal Beacon
New Issue of the Liberal Beacon The August 2023 Issue of the Liberal Beacon is now available. Featured Articles An Introduction to Humanistic Psychology by Candace Schmidt, Ph.D The Parable of New Coke by Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof Dismantling The Wedge Issue by Rev....
ReligiousNews.com report of UUA General Assembly
Many NAUA members also belong to congregations that are members of the UUA or the CUC. Thus our interest in following news from these organizations. The report from ReligiousNews.com provides a fairly balanced overview of the issues - notably the proposals to revise...