The Apostle Paul has been called the true founder of Christianity. Yet the New Testament writings attributed to him hold many contradictions, sometimes suggesting he was a radical free spirit … Continue reading A Tale of Two Pauls: Who Was Christianity’s Most Important Apostle and What Did He Really Have to Say?

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

Just in time for the holiday, Rev. Eklof will deliver one of John H. Deitrich’s historic sermons from the same pulpit this great figure once occupied. Deitrich, our Spokane congregation’s … Continue reading A Christmas Meditation by John H. Dietrich

Roughly 2,000 years ago, the Roman authorities executed a young Jewish man named Jesus. Even this much we don’t know with certainty, yet there has been more said about him … Continue reading The Good News: Who Was Jesus and What Did He Really Have to Say?

We’ve all been taught that prejudice is wrong and that we should never judge a book by its cover. But there is one type of prejudice we should have, human … Continue reading Human Prejudice: Take One Look and You’ll See All You Need to Know

Rod Serling, one of America’s most highly awarded and famous television writers and producers was also a Unitarian. The same values that drew him to our liberal religion were displayed … Continue reading Rod Serling: Man from the Twilight Zone

Regardless of the election outcome, there is much work to do to help restore/establish sanity and civility in our nation and our world. Let us consider how best as religious … Continue reading A Pastoral Response to the U.S. Presidential Election

Rebecca Adams, our Operations Manager, recently told me a one liner that led me to formulate my own version of her excellent joke, “Not only am I an atheist minister, … Continue reading Rational Shamanism: How to be a Minister when You Don’t Believe in Superstitious Nonsense

Our historic first NAUA Year Summit gives us pause to think of the symbolism of mountains and mountain climbing, of surmounting great challenges, gaining a broader perspective, the transformative power … Continue reading Who Goes Up Must Come Down

Most of what physicists understand today was also understood to some degree by some of humanity’s greatest thinkers 2,600 years ago. Then, free thought and speech got shut down for … Continue reading Crying Over the Spilled Milky Way