During this post-holiday service, attendees will have an opportunity to ask Rev. Eklof questions about topics on their minds. Listen to the audio only of the first sermon. Listen to … Continue reading Conversations with Todd

This annual candlelight service includes traditional Christmas hymns, live musical performances, readings from a variety of religions, and short homilies to help us celebrate the miracle of every birth and … Continue reading Cosmic Advent

My sermons almost always express something of my own continuing search for greater understanding, which is why I think of myself as always “preaching to the preacher.” Organizing my own … Continue reading Preaching to the Preacher

There have been so many exciting technological advances in 2025 that I have had to restrain myself from speaking about them before the end of the year. Advances in Artificial … Continue reading The Most Transformative Technology of the Year

This simple but provocative question—a line from John Denver’s song, “It’s About Time”—is one the entire world should be asking itself at this moment in history. As nation-states attempt to … Continue reading Who’s to Say We Have to Lose for Someone Else to Win?

Rev. John H. Deitrich, our Spokane congregation’s minister from 1911 to 1916, went on to become known as the Father of Religious Humanism. In his wish to reawaken us to … Continue reading John Dietrich’s Sermon: “Westward of Forty-Five: How to Grow Old” – As Presented and Amended by Rev. Eklof

Those of us living in the US (which isn’t alone) are caught up in a kind of cold civil war, in which one side is seeking to control the Nation’s … Continue reading The Color Purple: Finding Common Ground in a Divided Nation

Shooting from the hip, intuition, gut feelings, and the like are often used to justify the truth of one’s ideas without any reasons or evidence to accept them as such. … Continue reading Seeking Truth from the Outside In, not from the Inside Out

More than a quarter century ago, I traveled to Janesville, Wisconsin to visit a rare White Buffalo, a mystical experience that I’ve never forgotten. Perhaps the story I’ve fashioned explaining … Continue reading Rainbow Eyes

There’s an old joke, “If you see a fork in the road, take it.” The fork represents the uncertainty of our lives; seldom entirely sure about the choices we face. … Continue reading The Inconvenient Path