Since the publication of my book, The Gadfly Papers, its opponents have begun to call anyone who disagrees with them “Gadflies,” and to dismiss anything they have to say as “Gadflyism.” While I disagree with this irrational and cruel tendency to dehumanize others by lumping … read more.

Our church was the first to call Rev. John H. Dietrich to a Unitarian Pulpit (in 2011) and is where he first began calling himself a Humanist. Dietrich went on to become an original signer of The Humanist Manifesto (1933) and later known as the … read more.

Anxiety, especially among young people, is on the rise. In this sermon I’ll suggest its cause might be rooted in the fear of being publicly shamed and ostracized for unintentionally saying something others consider “harmful” or offensive.

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There have been a handful of individuals in my life who have influenced how and what I think. Some of them I’ve known and some I’ve only studied, but they have all helped shape the way my mind works, along with my beliefs and values. … read more.

In Greek mythology, Zeus gives birth to Athena from his forehead. Some of us do seem to love our ideas as if they were our own children. We protect them and want to see them grow up to flourish. But children are born of flesh … read more.

Many today believe it’s wrong for people with different identities to borrow from other cultures, particularly from those that have been historically marginalized. To avoid doing so, however, requires members of the human family to segregate based upon the very differences we’ve been struggling to … read more.

This is an opportunity to ask questions regarding topics Rev. Eklof has or hasn’t spoken about from the pulpit. As a Sunday service, he will not address church business matters during this time, but does enjoy fielding a wide range of thoughtful questions.

The latest assault against liberalism began in the 1980s and so successfully defamed the word that today even liberals avoid calling themselves such. Yet liberalism is the only ideology that has proven to advance society and the individual throughout human history. In this sermon we’ll … read more.

In the movies, zombies are portrayed as mindless, soulless corpses. Dangerous as they are, they can be killed without regret or remorse. This is so because, as creatures without consciousness, few would argue that their “lives” have any value. Fictional as it is, the zombie … read more.

In attempting to explain what Unitarian Universalism is about, many these days might turn to our Seven Principles. But these principles, some of which are more memorable than others, weren’t adopted until the mid-1980s. Their origins can be traced all the way back to the … read more.