| Services & Sermon Archive |
March 13, 2016
Why We are Not
a Christian Nation;
And Why I Wish We Were
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
| A large segment of our society believes we ought to outlaw things like gay marriage, teaching evolution in our schools, reproductive freedom for women, and Islam altogether, because, they say, ours was founded as a Christian nation. Others counter this just isn’t so because most our founders were more interested in creating a society free from the tyranny of religion. I would argue, more simply, ours isn’t a Christian nation because we don’t follow Jesus.
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March 6, 2016
Building Sanctuary:
Where Does Our Faith Begin and Where Does it End?
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
Sermon Text
| When I tell people I’m minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane, they often ask, “Where’s that?” I usually respond, “At the corner of Government Way and Fort George Wright.” Wrong answer!
Today is the kickoff
of our 2016-17
Generosity Campaign.
Please join us.
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February 28, 2016
Interface at the Edge of Being:
The Origins and Function of Ego
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
Sermon Text
| The Ego often gets a bad wrap and is, thus, subject to suppression and shame. Is this really so? Are we each born with something inherently flawed that we must learn to repress? Or is this just a psychological extension of the Fall/Redemption Theology so deeply embedded in our cultural mindset? Is ego another word for “sin,” or does it have some value? What is its evolutionary function? Should we seek to nurture and maintain a healthy ego, instead of no ego at all? Is it possible to really live without ego? Is there such a thing as healthy ego?
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February 21, 2016
Bad Language:
The Etymology of Evil
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
Sermon Text
| Is there really such a thing as evil? If so, what is the nature of evil? In considering ourselves “good,” are those who oppose us evil? Do evil people deserve to be punished, excluded, isolated, and condemned for the sake of all that is good? If good and evil are but lines for making such distinctions, between those who deserve to be rewarded and those who deserve to be punished, how sharp is the line? How blurred? Such questions cannot be wholly answered, given that the problem of evil is perennial, but let’s wrestle with them anyway.
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February 14, 2016
Homo Ethicus:
Self-Regulating Individuals
and Institutions
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
Sermon Text
| What if the driving motivation of our species was to become justice for all? What if we didn’t need laws to govern our behavior or regulations to control our institutions because no one would ever even think of doing anything harmful toward others? What if our entire species could step into this new mode of being? These are some of the questions and possibilities to consider in becoming Homo Ethicus.
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February 7, 2016
Partner Church Sunday
UUCS Members, Guest Speakers
| Join us as UUCS members share their personal reflections on traveling to our partner church in Felsorakos, Transylvania through the years.
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January 31, 2016
The Meditative Activist:
Reflections on the Intersection
of Buddhist Contemplative
Practice and Organizing
for Social Change
Jim Dawson, Guest Speaker
Sermon Text
| Jim Dawson is the campaign director at the non-profit Fuse Washington. He discovered Buddhism as a teenager and has found it essential to sustaining and deepening his work for social change. Jim is a member of our church who recently married Mariah McKay, a lifelong UUCS member. He’s also one of the coordinators of our Monday night meditation classes.
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January 24, 2016
Works of the Flesh:
Embodying Our Faith
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
Sermon Text
| Religion and spirituality are often viewed as mechanisms for transcending our earthly existence. In this sermon I will argue the opposite should be true, that faith ought to be about becoming more grounded and connected to this world.
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January 17, 2016
The Evolution of Oneness:
Becoming a Global Community
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
Sermon Text
| The dream of world peace and global unity may seem impossible, but if we step back and take a longer, larger look at history and the processes of evolution, we may find it inevitable.
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January 10, 2015
Speaking In Tongues:
Unitarian Universalism
and the Holy Spirit
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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When we think of Christianity’s Holy Ghost, we tend to think of “Holy Rollers” babbling and jumping over pews. But if we go deeper than this stereotype, the concept of a Holy Spirit may epitomize the very meaning of Unitarian Universalism.
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January 3, 2016
Requiem Service:
There Lives are a Legacy to Us
UUCS Worship Leaders
| Doug Huigen, Melissa Parker, Kathryn Alexander & Susan Virnig will lead this service which honors people who have died during the year 2015. The music, readings and story were all created by people who died recently. The sermon gives vignettes of the lives of others who contributed to our world. We will also honor those from our own congregation who have passed away. This is a salute and a “thank you” to individuals for having lived their lives.
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December 27, 2015
Santa Seminary:
Cognitive Dissonance,
Serial Thinking, and
Learning to Connect the Dots
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
Sermon Text
| Emerson called consistency “the hobgoblin of little minds.” In some ways he’s probably right, but, according to developmental psychology, inconsistency is more the indicator of “little minds.” As we mature, it suggests, our beliefs should come to maintain a certain and logic and not contradict each other. Often, however, when it comes to religion in particular, too many of us seem ready and willing to ignore all we understand about the world in favor of our unfounded beliefs.
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December 20, 2015
Children's Holiday Pageant
UUCS Children and Youth
| Come back for more details regarding this year's annual, multi-generational winter holiday pageant.
No Religious Education classes this Sunday. Childcare will be available.
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December 13, 2015
Theatre of the Absurd:
Alt; A Return to Plato's Cave
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
Sermon Text
| For more than two millennia, ever since Plato’s allegory of the cave, Western culture has gravitated toward the light, treating everything inside the cave as illusion, delusional, and grotesque. But what truths are left lurking in the shadows? What beauty remains to be discovered by groping in the dark? What we have come to denounce as grotesque and absurd may well contain riches and meaning beyond measure, should we only dare to look.
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December 6, 2015
Dirty Rotten Jokes:
Humor in an Age of PC
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
Sermon Text
| Is there any point in humor that isn’t irreverent? Or in jokes that don’t make light of serious issues? Is political correctness severing the age-old bond between comedy and tragedy? What happens to Comedy when the chicken is no longer allowed to cross the line and Tragedy is left standing alone on the other side of the forbidden road?
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November 29, 2015
Compassion and Social Action:
Choices and Questions
Venerable Thubten Chodron, Guest Speaker
Founder and Abbess,
Sravasti Abbey, Newport, WA
| This sermon will address questions such as: compassion is first of all a state of mind, according to Buddhist teachings, but how much of a difference does simply having that state of mind actually make? When and how does compassion call us to act in the world? How do we balance the call of social justice with our personal and family obligations? In the midst of all these pulls on our time and resources, what about compassion for ourselves? Not easy questions, but Venerable Thubten Chodron has been a student of Buddhism since 1975, and ordained as a nun in the Tibetan tradition in 1977.
The Venerable gave two different sermons that you can listen to via our sermon audio files below.
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| Compassion & Social Action:
Choices and Questions
| Making Friends with
Ted Cruz & Jihadi John
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November 22, 2015
Community of Thanksgiving:
Spirit, Our Human Family
and Our Common Home
Sister Mary Eucharista, Guest Speaker
Immaculate Heart Retreat Center
Program Director
| Each of us is called to attend to the care and dignity of the human person and our common home in this world. Sister will include some ideas and communitarian tools from Josiah Royce, founder of "The Beloved Community" and philosopher in the classical American pragmatist era in the early twentieth century, to explain the role of one who cares about community. She is a member of the Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Church.
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November 15, 2015
My Most Profound
Religious Experiences
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
Sermon Text
| This sermon is a reflection of those personal religious experiences that have most influenced and stayed with me over the years, helping me to evolve into the person I am today.
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November 8, 2015
The Velveteen World
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
Sermon Text
| I often say religion is at its best when it helps us cope with reality on its own terms, and at its worst when it drives us deeper into our delusions and defense mechanisms. Sounds easy, right? But what is the nature of reality itself, and how do we know the difference between reality and delusion? I’m not sure, but this sermon will, at least, entertain the question.
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November 1, 2015
Religion as Quest
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
Sermon Text
| Is religion a means to an end; like getting to heaven, achieving prosperity, or controlling others? Or should it be a way of living, offering us healthy perspectives and habits for making the most of where we’re at right now? Is religion about where we end up, or how we get there? This sermon will explore the difference between Means Oriented and Quest Oriented religion.
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October 25, 2015
When the Clock Stopped,
Our Lives Stopped:
Stories & Lessons from the
Triple Disasters of Japan
Susan Virnig, UUCS Member Guest Speaker
| Susan Virnig has been in deep relationship with Japan and its people since she spent 12 months at a Tokyo university 45 years ago. Until 2010, her connections were personal, but since then she has facilitated, with Japanese colleagues and her spouse, Bob Stilger, numerous workshops and gatherings throughout Japan. During a Learning Journey to the disaster area last fall, people there asked her to share their stories when she returned home, so she is doing so. Susan has been an active member of our church for 20+ years.
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October 18, 2015
A Sense of Decency:
Or, As Harold Balazs Would Say,
“Transcend the BS!”
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
Sermon Text
| We have wasted precious times in dealing with the issues of our day by continually responding to bogus concerns, arguments, and distractions. We can’t wait any longer. As attorney Joseph N. Welch famously told Senator Joseph McCarthy in 1954, “You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?” It’s time to let the children continuing playing by themselves in the sandbox because the rest of us are running late for work.
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October 11, 2015
Return of the Prodigals:
There Are No
Second Class Citizens
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
| Jesus’ parable of the Prodigal Child is familiar and inspiring to many, Christian and non-Christian alike. But, when taken merely as the story of God’s love for the wayward soul, it loses its original political, cultural, and economic impact. This sermon will look at it’s meaning in terms of the racism and anti-immigrant sentiments in our world today.
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October 4, 2015
An Invitation to Relationship
Rev. Tracy Springberry
UUCS Consulting Minister
for Religious Education
| We grow and change within relationships. Through the lens of process theology and the ethic of hospitality, Rev. Springberry will guide us to consider the reasons multigenerational community can bless us all.
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September 27, 2015
When Corporations
Save the World
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
| It seems deregulation, Citizens United, tax breaks, etc., etc. have given big corporations a license to do whatever they want to turn a buck at the expense of just about everyone and everything else. Yet there’s recently been a rash of major corporations choosing to “do the right thing.” We’ll look at some of these instances and consider if this might be the beginning of a new trend.
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September 20, 2015
Return of the Green Witness
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
| Martyrdom was considered a great honor among early Christians, some of whom even sought it out. Later on, a few who weren’t persecuted tried to experience such suffering by going off into the woods to live by themselves as ascetics. In the process they became aesthetics, lovers of natural beauty. They were known as Green witnesses, or Green martyrs. Perhaps it’s time for the rest of us to follow.
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September 13, 2015
All the Water in the World:
Water Communion Ingathering
Natalie Palmer, UUCS Worship Team Chair
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All the water in the world... is all the water in the world! Join us for a UU Water Communion Service and celebrate the connections we share. Please bring water from somewhere you have been or somewhere important to you for this Whole Community Service.
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September 6, 2015
Conversations with Todd
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
| This is an opportunity for Rev. Eklof to respond to a few questions about some of the sermons he’s given, or about topics he hasn’t yet addressed.
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August 30, 2015
"Windows"
16th Annual Poetry Service
UUCS Word Garden Poets
| "The birds are in their trees, the toast in the toaster and the poets are at their windows" - Billy Collins. Join us as we present a service of original poetry from church members and friends as we glimpse life through poetic windows.
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August 23, 2015
How Would Jesus Vote?
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
| This sermon, based upon my self-published book, "A Gospel for Liberals", summarizes my treatment of the historical Jesus; then infers how he might have responded to some of today’s most controversial issues.
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August 16, 2015
The Mind/Body Problem:
Questioning Assumptions
About the Nature
of Our Own Being
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
| Philosophers have long debated over the nature of our being; like whether or not we have souls or spirits, or if our minds a purely physical. The debate continues and the various arguments remain complicated, but, like all good philosophy, the questions themselves may be enough to help us see and examine our own paradigms.
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August 9, 2015
Creation Spirituality:
An Introduction
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
| The teachings of theologian Matthew Fox and my studies at the University of Creation Spirituality have greatly influenced how I think and live. This sermon examines the origins, tenants, and four paths of this widespread, timeless tradition.
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August 2, 2015
Practically Compassionate:
The Core of All Religion,
Including Our Own
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
| If compassion is at the heart of all religions, why is there so much injustice and intolerance in the world? Compassions sounds like a great idea, but it’s a lot easier said than done. This sermon explores the meaning of compassion and what it looks like when it’s put into action.
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July 26, 2015
The Consolation of Intimacy
Guy Newland, Guest Speaker
| Each one of us, sooner or later, faces trauma and grievous loss. How can this lead to connection rather than alienation? And what can we say to someone in pain? What do we need to know to be helpful to others? Guy Newland, Professor of Religion at Central Michigan University, is a founding member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Michigan and a founding member of the Central Michigan Sangha. Guy was well received as a guest in our pulpit last summer when he spoke on “Buddhism and Unitarian Universalism — The Places We Meet.”
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July 19, 2015
The Gray Zone:
Living on the Frontline
of Ambiguous States
of Consciousness
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
| When we feel certain we are right, many of us begin drawing lines in the sand, between our righteous selves and those on the other side, those evil things on wrong side! Certainty can easily become divisive, aggressive, and violent. How do we maintain humility and respect toward others even when we’re sure we must be right? What happens to our brains when they’re hyped up on righteousness?
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July 12, 2015
A View through
the Kaleidoscope
Cindy Fine, UUCS Member Guest Speaker
| Life isn't black and white - it's a beautiful, ever-changing kaleidoscope. This metaphor is apt as we consider gender and sexual orientation. Bring your open mind and loving heart as we expand our loving embrace and appreciate the beauty and uniqueness of every life and journey.
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July 5, 2015
Practically Compassionate:
The Core of All Religion, Including Our Own
An Unscheduled Response
to Recent Events
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
| If compassion is at the heart of all religions, why is there so much injustice and intolerance in the world? Compassions sounds like a great idea, but it’s a lot easier said than done. This sermon explores the meaning of compassion and what it looks like when it’s put into action.
Spoken from the pulpit on Sunday, July 5, 2015 —
"I’m going to do something this morning I’ve done only once during my sixteen years of preaching; I’m not going to give the scheduled sermon."
— Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof
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June 28, 2015
How are Unitarian Univeralism,
Diversity, and Interfaith
the Same or Different?
Doug Huigen, UUCS Member Guest Speaker
| When we as Unitarian Universalists promote our diversity, are there limits to that statement? Is UUism different, or the same, or similar to interfaith beliefs/activities? Let’s explore. Our speaker, Doug Huigen, is a former United Methodist minister, started attending our congregation in the late 1970s and signed the membership book 10 years later. He is a former member of the Board of Trustees, a choir member, active on the Pastoral Care Team and a gardener.
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June 21, 2015
Embracing Your
Inner Witchdoctor:
Shamanism 101
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
| In our culture terms like “witchdoctor” and “shaman” refer almost exclusively to foreign, ancient, and primitive societies that did not/do not have the advantage of science, reason, and medicine to deal with their woes. During the past few decades, however, anthropologists have increasingly become aware of the value and legitimate role these healers continue to play in many communities around the world. Let’s look at the evidence and determine for ourselves if their ways and insights might also have medicine for us.
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June 14, 2015
All in the Family:
Celebrating Pride Sunday
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
| With the legalization of same-sex marriage now in the majority of states, and the growing acceptance and awareness of those who are transgender, those with more conservative views are facing an “Archie Bunker” moment in history. They are finding that public opinions have changed and it no longer serves any of us to cling to the unsavory biases of the past. The old TV series, “All in the Family”, is a metaphor of the struggle many have in learning to make the family circle wider.
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June 7, 2015
Youth Sunday:
Flower Communion
Presented by the Youth of the Church
| Join us as we celebrate Youth, Teachers and Community. Please bring flowers to share.
And, please plan to attend our Annual Congregational Meeting immediately following the 2nd service.
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May 31, 2015
The Reign of the Triffids:
How the Plants Have Quietly
Taken Over the World
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
| Humans are arguably the most dominant species on the planet, but are we really? There’ve been some fun, if not convincing, arguments from a few historians and researchers suggesting we’re just pawns in the endeavor of plants like grass and corn to take over the world.
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May 24, 2015
Dreamwork:
How Paying Attention to
My Nocturnal Visions
Has Impacted My Life
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
| Are our dreams really a “royal road to the unconscious,” as Freud said? Or, “Perhaps the Pig’s Head used out of date gravy on my meal tonight,” as Scrooge said upon encountering Marley’s ghost. In my own journey, paying attention to my dreams has been tremendously healing and shaped my spirituality and philosophy of life. I look forward to sharing more about my interest in and journey with my dreams.
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May 17, 2015
Wasn’t that a Life!
A Tribute Service to Pete Seeger
in Narrative and Song
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
| The title says it all! We’ll learn more about Seeger’s life and work while enjoying live performances of some of his songs from talent within our congregation and community.
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May 10, 2015
What is Culturally Appropriate
Education and Why Should
We Support It?
Shelly Wynecoop, Guest Speaker
Director and CEO of the Spokane Tribal College
| Spokane Tribal College is celebrating its 20th year in operation and is the only institution in the region meeting the need for accredited, culturally appropriate higher education. What does a culturally appropriate education really look like and why should we support such initiatives? We hope you'll join us and our guest speaker to find out!
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May 3, 2015
CLOSED FOR BLOOMSDAY
No Services or Religious Education
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April 25, 2015
Special Guest UU Minister
Rev. Laura Shennum
Cascade Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Wenatchee, WA
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April 19, 2015
One God is Never Enough:
Why Pure Monotheism
Has Never Succeeded
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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It may seem that we’ve evolved from creatures that were originally one with nature, to animism, to polytheism, to monotheism. But when we look more deeply at today’s dominant monotheistic religions, we find traces of the past remain, reminding us that we are still ultimately one with everything.
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April 12, 2015
It's a Wonderful Church:
Sermon on the Amount 2015
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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Have you ever wondered what our community would be like without our church in it? As we continue to struggle against overwhelming concerns like income inequality, global warming, and war, it’s easy to feel discouraged, like we’re just spinning our wheels. By looking back and seeing how far we’ve come, especially here in Spokane because of the presence of our church, we can all feel encouraged about the great success we’ll also achieve moving forward.
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April 5, 2015
An Introduction to Islam
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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After 9/11, and now ISIS and Boko Haram, there’s good reason for many to feel uneasy about Islam in general. But is accurate to consider the Muslim faith innately violent, or has it been twisted by some fundamentalist groups to justify their cruelty toward others, just as Christianity often has been? What is Islam really about? How did it get started? Who was Mohammed? What are its basic tenants?
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March 29, 2015
The Art of Religion
Don Clegg, Guest Speaker
| Donald Clegg is a painter who describes himself as a "strong agnostic" and he was a contributor to the Spokesman Review's "Faith and Values" section for a number of years. He will use his perspective as a practicing artist to develop what he sees as a connection between art and religion as both practice and world view.
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March 22, 2015
A 25-Year View of Church Life:
The Challenge of Engagement
Deborah Jacquemin, UUCS Music Director
| What are the challenges that face us in building a deeper sense of community? How can we create a church home that fosters meaning? And, how can we go beyond our own viewpoints to a truly inclusive, living experience with one another?
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March 15, 2015
Theodicy:
Religion in Response to Suffering
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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Theodicy suggests that what we believe about God, for both believers and nonbelievers alike, reflects our response to suffering and evil. As such, it might help us all to be more familiar with the term in order to become more aware of our own Theodicy.
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March 8, 2015
Heyoka Reasoning:
Honoring not Ostracizing
Those Who are Different
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
Sermon Text
| Doing the opposite of everyone else makes us feel awkward. Questioning ourselves makes us feel insecure. Embracing those who are different makes us feel afraid. Heyoka Reasoning reminds us of the importance of doing so matter how awkward, insecure, and afraid we are.
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March 1, 2015
Dialectic Inequality:
Equal Access in the Media
and a Return to the
Fairness Doctrine
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Many might agree that pundits like Rush Limbaugh and Bill Maher have every right to express their opinions, whether we agree with them or not. But is speech really free when the media is owned and controlled by just five corporations? Doesn’t true freedom require equality for all, including equal access to the broadcast media?
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February 22, 2015
Politics & Religion:
What is the Right Relationship?
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February 15, 2015
Beyond Ozzie and Harriet:
The Global Family
Earle Canfield, Guest Speaker
Earle Canfield, passionate founder and Volunteer Executive Director, of A.N.S.W.E.R. (American Nepalese Student Women Education Relief) has been nominated for Humanitarian of the Year by the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA). His talk comes out of a book titled The Power of Half by Kevin Salwen. Earle said the last time he visited our church a couple of years ago he brought about 30 names of children from Nepal needing some financial assistance and our Spokane church rose to the occasion and sponsored everyone.
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February 8, 2015
It Takes a Village:
Reflections on My Trip to Romania
and Our Involvement in the Partner Church Program
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February 1, 2015
Moral Bipolarity:
The Continuum between Good & Evil
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January 25, 2015
Hold the Line: Remembering Peekskill
and Pete Seeger a Year after his Death
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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January 18, 2015
The Spriritual Nature of Rivers
Jerry White, UUCS Member, Spokane River Keeper, Guest Speaker
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January 11, 2015
Untouchable Americans:
Shifting the Blame and the Sin of Being Poor
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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January 4, 2015
Requiem — Their Lives Are a Legacy to Us
UUCS worship leaders and our congregation will honor people
who have died during the year 2014 and share a few of their words,
their deeds, and their songs. This is a salute and a “thank you”
to individuals for having lived their lives.
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December 28, 2014
Conversations with Todd
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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December 21, 2014
The Last Straw
Children's Holiday Pageant
RE Children & Youth
Children's Holiday Choir
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at this time
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December 14, 2014
UU…Our Faith is More
than Just an Adjective
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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December 7, 2014
Practically Transcendent:
Connecting with Something Greater
by Planting Our Feet Firmly on the Ground
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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November 30, 2014
Grateful to be a UU
Please join us in Thanksgiving as three members
of our congregation share stories of their UU experiences
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November 23, 2014
Magical Thinking & Religion:
Psychology of Religion Part 8
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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November 16, 2014
Making Reparations:
Reclaiming the Ancient Art of Restorative Justice
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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November 9, 2014
Kiss the Frog:
Presuming There’s Beauty in Everyone
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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November 2, 2014
Godless Religion:
Finding Meaning in Disbelief
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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October 26, 2014
Background Checks — A Very UU Thing to Do
Cheryl Stumbo, Guest Speaker
Cheryl Stumbo (a lifelong Unitarian, and member of University Unitarian Church in Seattle) is the citizen sponsor of Initiative 594 — Background Checks on All Gun Sales in Washington State, which is on our ballots this election. Cheryl is a survivor of the July 2006 mass shooting at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, where she was shot and critically wounded. Since recovering, she has dedicated herself to reducing gun violence.
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October 19, 2014
Z-Nation and the Fundamentalist Mindset:
The Tendency to Fear Instead of Love Our Neighbors
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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October 12, 2014
Emotional Beings Being Emotional:
A Basic Primer on Feeling our Way Through Life
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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October 5, 2014
The Crime of Love:
Bringing Down the Dominator System
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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September 28, 2014
Connections
Lupito Flores, Guest Speaker
This Sunday’s guest speaker, Lupito Flores, founded KYRS-Thin Air Community Radio in 2000 and serves as the station manager. According to the KYRS Mission Statement: “Thin Air Radio provides a forum for neglected perspectives and discussions on important local, national and global issues, reflecting values of social, economic and environmental justice, peace, human rights, democracy, multiculturalism, freedom of expression and social change.”
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September 21, 2014
Inconvenient People:
Another Truth We'd Prefer to Avoid
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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September 14, 2014
Our Breath of Life
Rev. Dr. Thandeka, Guest UU Minister
This Sunday's guest speaker is Rev. Dr. Thandeka — theologian, journalist, Emmy award-winning television producer, and congregational consultant and organizer. An ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, she is the creator of the “We Love Beyond Belief” project for congregations and the author of the "What Moves Us" adult religious education curriculum, part of the UUA's Tapestry of Faith program.
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September 7, 2014
Mysticism 101:
Direct Experience and the Three Paths
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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August 31, 2014
Developmentalism & Religion:
Psychology of Religion Series, Part 7
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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August 24, 2014
Annual Word Garden Poetry Service
UUCS Poets, Guest Presenters
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August 17, 2014
The Silent Witness:
Looking Close from Far Away
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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August 10, 2014
YHVH Was a Liberal:
Liberation Theology and the Ten Commandments
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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August 3, 2014
America's Burkas:
The Blurred Line between Church and State
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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July 27, 2014
B.F. Skinner & Religion:
Psychology of Religion Series, Part 6
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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July 20, 2014
The Tensegral Universe:
The Secret of Holding It All Together
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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July 13, 2014
John H. Dietrich:
The Father of Religious Humanism
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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July 6, 2014
We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For
William Scarvie, Guest Speaker
Willam Scarvie of Earth Ministries is a member of Cedars UU Church on Bainbridge Island, Washington. In 2006, Scarvie created Earth Community Ministries.
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June 29, 2014
The Places We Meet:
Buddhism and Unitarian Universalism
Dr. Guy Newland, Guest Speaker
Dr. Guy Neland is a Tibetan Buddhist scholar & longtime UU member. He is a professor at Central Michigan University who is teaching at Sravasti Abbey in June.
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June 22, 2014
To Love Alike:
Unitarian Universalist History in a Nutshell
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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June 15, 2014
Theodor Reik & Religion:
Psychology of Religion Series Part 5
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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June 8, 2014
PRIDE SUNDAY
The Turing Test:
Allan Turing & GBLTQ Equality
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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June 1, 2014
Youth Service Sunday
UUCS Graduating Seniors, Guest Speakers
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May 25, 2014
Babes in Arms:
A Case for Raising the Enlistment Age to 25
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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May 18, 2014
Giving Up the Grail:
Knights of the Well-Rounded Table
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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May 11, 2014
Erich Fromm & Religion:
Psychology of Religion Series Part 4
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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May 4, 2014
Bloomsday Sunday
NO SERVICES or RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
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April 27, 2014
Brother Sunfish, Sister Monkey:
Embracing Our Relatedness to Our Fellow Creatures
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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April 20, 2014
Carl Jung & Religion:
Psychology of Religion Series Part 3
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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Stewardship Sunday
Taking a Leap of Faith:
Deepening our Roots and Reaching for the Sky
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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April 6, 2014
Let My People Go!
Bringing an End to the New Jim Crow
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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March 30, 2014
Beside Myself:
A Story of Divergent Paths Meeting Finally at the Crossroads
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March 23, 2014
What Is a Good Life? On Living in Line with Your Ethics
Venerable Thubten Chodron, Guest Speaker
Venerable Thubten Chodron has practiced the Buddha's teachings for more than thirty-five years and has studied extensively with many Tibetan masters, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama. A native of Los Angeles, she ordained as a nun in the Tibetan tradition in 1977 and received full ordination in Taiwan in 1986. She is currently the Abbess of Sravasti Abbey, a Buddhist monastic community in Newport, which she founded in 2003. Venerable has spoken at UUCS many times over these last ten years.
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March 9, 2014
Principles of the Oppressed:
Unitarian Universalism as Liberation Theology
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March 2, 2014
Sigmund Freud & Religion:
Psychology of Religion Series Part 2
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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February 23, 2014
Conversations with Todd
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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February 16, 2014
The Return to Eden:
Innocence through Forgiveness, Not Ignorance
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February 9, 2014
Sisters & Brothers in Faith: Unity and Diversity
Rev. Elizabeth Greene, Minister Emerita of the Boise UU Fellowship
Our guest speaker today is Rev. Elizabeth Greene,
minister emerita of the Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship where she served
for 25 years. She has visited Transylvania three times and has been involved
in the Partner Church program since the Boise Fellowship began its partnership
with Meszko 23 years ago. Unitarianism in Transylvania is very different
from Unitarian Universalism in the United States. Rev. Greene will talk about
what keeps our bonds so strong, given our differences in theology and practice.
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February 2, 2014
William James & Religion:
Psychology of Religions Series Part 1
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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January 26, 2014
The Sky’s the Limit:
When Kwai Chang Caine Meets Chicken Little
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January 19, 2014
A Heretic’s Theology: Unorthodox Names for the Nameless
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January 12, 2014
Finding the ZeitChrist
Marc Maxson, Special Guest Speaker
Our guest speaker on January 12 is Marc Maxson, a Neuroscientist who works for GlobalGiving. He's traveled the world helping nonprofits raise money for local causes and running experiments to make democracy work better in East Africa. He will speak about the interdependent web of relationships in our world and how, like the “zeitgeist", leaders come from the spiritual mood of a society. Systems can create good or evil, and our choices influence others in ways that spread beyond our own little world. Our guest musician, Christine Zuttermeister, has studied opera, eastern Indian classical music and the cello, and will gift us with her beautiful voice.
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January 5, 2014
Requium Service*
UUCS Worship Leaders
* On January 5, UUCS member/lay leaders will honor people who have died during the year 2013 and share a few of their words, their deeds, and their songs. This is a salute and a “thank you” to individuals for having lived their lives.
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December 29, 2013
Pardon our Progress: Things are Finally Looking Up
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December 22, 2013
December Holiday Pageant: The Light of Life
UUCS Children & Youth
Single service at 11 am
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December 15, 2013
Oh Ye of Little Faith: A Human Interpretation of Jesus’ Miracles
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December 8, 2013
Toddosophy: What I Think About Stuff So Far
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December 1, 2013
Headstrong: Unitarian Universalism and the Seventh Chakra
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November 24, 2013
Negative Capability and the Zen of John Keats
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November 17, 2013
The Gift of Being Present
Rev. Vincent Lachina, Guest Minister
Northwest Regional Chaplain to Planned Parenthood
Rev. Lachina will be talking about the difference every single one of us can make in the lives of others. Sometimes we do not know the right thing to say or the right thing to do; at times the greatest gift we give as an individual is the gift of simply being present.
Rev. Lachina will give us some ideas of ways to be present in times of need. An ordained minister for 50 years and currently affiliated with the American Baptist denomination, For the past 9 years Lachina has served as Northwest Regional Chaplain to Planned Parenthood Northwest. He frequently speaks in UU churches and has spoken to our congregation before.
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November 10, 2013
Partner Church Special Service
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November 3, 2013
The Care and Feeding of Monsters
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October 27, 2013
Religion and the Death Penalty
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October 20, 2013
NAMI* Service:
Being Good at Crazy
Our special NAMI service features three guest speakers who have experienced a mental illness. Our speakers will share their experiences, telling how they have coped, what has helped, and what has hindered.
*National Alliance on Mental Illness
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October 13, 2013
Justice Equals Equality:
Exploring the Egalitarian Mindset
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October 6, 2013
Chutes & Ladders:
A Simple Path Toward Enlightenment
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September 29, 2013
The Functionalist Mindset:
An Alternative to Dualistic Thinking
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September 22, 2013
The Land under our Church: An 11,000 Year History
Barry Moses, Guest Speaker
Barry Moses is enrolled with the Spokane Tribe of Indians and practices an old form
of Plateau Salish spirituality. He has a strong interest in raising awareness regarding indigenous cultures as well as supporting others in making a spiritual connection
to the land. He has spoken at our services before and gifted us with his songs and chants. Barry is an educator who teaches at the college level and who leads
nature-based retreats.
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September 15, 2013
“Warrior” Means Mother:
The Cowardice of Taking Life and the Courage to Give It
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September 8, 2013
“Away” is a Four-Letter Word:
On Distancing Ourselves from Responsibility
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September 1, 2013
Conversation with Todd
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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August 25, 2013
Spokane’s Faith Scene:
The Underground Progressive Movement
Tracy Simmons, Guest Speaker
Tracy Simmons, editor and manager of Spokane Faith and Values (Spokane FAVS), has some surprising insights into Spokane’s faith scene. When she moved here from Connecticut two years ago, she thought that Spokane seemed overwhelmingly Evangelical. But to her surprise, she has discovered there is more to the city’s spirituality than meets the eye. In fact, there is a hunger for interfaith dialogue and a rapidly growing progressive movement. Simmons is well qualified to speak on this subject. A winner of several journalism awards she has reported on religion for over a decade in newspapers across New Mexico, Texas and Connecticut. Join her as she reveals what she is learning about faith groups in Spokane.
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August 18, 2013
The Evidence Based Society:
How the Facts Can Strengthen Our Faith
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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August 11, 2013
If Jesus Had Been Aboard the Titanic,
Would He Have Walked Away?
Theology and the Latest Implications of ETAS
(Evolutionary Threat Assessment Systems) Theory
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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August 4, 2013
Spinning the Color Wheel
UUCS 14th Annual Poetry Service
UUCS Word Garden Poets, Guest Speakers
This Sunday's special service features works of poetry written and spoken by UUCS members and friends. An anthology that includes the works presented will be available.
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July 28, 2013
Silly Putty Religion:
Beyond Faith Without Facts
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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July 21, 2013
What Religion would I be if I weren’t UU?
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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July 14, 2013
Beyond Ozzie & Harriet:
The Global Family
Earle Canfield, Guest Speaker
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Our guest speaker this Sunday is the founder and director of A.N.S.W.E.R.
(American-Nepalese Student Women Education Relief). Earle's message
is based on the book, The Power of Half, by Hannah and Kevin Salwen. See our soon-to-be published July SUUN newsletter for more information
about Earle and A.N.S.W.E.R.
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July 7, 2013
Chasms, Vineyards & Evil Eyes:
The Economics of Jesus
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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June 30, 2013
A Tale of Two Heresies:
50 Years of Learning to Keep our Opinions to Ourselves, Or Not
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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June 23, 2013
Poet and Scientist in Creative TensionDavid Boose, UUCS Member Guest Speaker
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Guest speaker, David Boose, writes: "As a professional scientist, occasional poet, and spiritual and religious being, I find myself having to balance the tension between a rational, scientific understanding of the world, and the desire to both feel and share the awe and inspiration that understanding brings me. Rather than seeing spirituality and science in conflict, I find that the scientific part of me can actually enhance the spiritual part, and vice versa. I see this as something of a metaphor for how we as UU's can bring the strengths of our many different perspectives together to build a deeper and richer understanding for the world and our place in it."
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June 16, 2013
Running Late for Prayers:
The Sufi Parable of Hazrati Ali
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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June 9, 2013
Fairness:
The Secret to Social Transformation and Progress
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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June 2, 2013
Youth Sunday
UUCS Senior High Youth, Guest Speakers
Please join us for Youth Sunday — one of the most powerful services of the year.
This is when our Senior High Youth are in charge of the entire Sunday service.
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May 26, 2013
Grace and I:
A Forbidden Tale of War
Larry Shook, Guest Speaker
Our guest speaker this Sunday will describe how the experience of hitting a deer
with his car last September triggered a Vietnam flashback, followed by the worst
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) episode he's had since returning
from Vietnam in 1968. He'll relate his story to the historic suicide epidemic now
sweeping U.S. military personnel and explain that PTSD represents the soul's verdict
on war and no one in society escapes its injury. Larry Shook is a veteran journalist,
publisher, editor and communications consultant, who is now attending our church..
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May 19, 2013
Common Roots:
Social Justice as the Context for ReligionRev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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May 12, 2013
Todd's Search for Meaning:
My Personal Journey So Far Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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April 28, 2013
The Creation Spirituality of John Denver
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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On Sunday, April 28th, there will one, 90 minute service starting at 11 am. This special service will explore Creation Spirituality through the life, work, and music of John Denver, and will include several live performances of his songs. Creation Spirituality is the name defrocked Catholic priest, Matthew Fox, gives to those ancient multicultural mystical traditions emphasizing the wonder of nature, care for the environment, and social justice.
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April 21, 2013
My One True Guide:
The Only Inerrant, Infallible, Authoritative Word
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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April 14, 2013Why I am a Hedonist:
Following the Law of the Flesh
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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April 7, 2013
Japan's Tsunami Brings
Waves of Transformation
Bob Stilger, Guest Speaker
On April 7, our guest speaker is Bob Stilger. Bob's community development work started in Spokane and the Northwest, then for the past ten years the global south, and more recently Japan, where the triple disasters of earthquake, tsunami and radiation are becoming a spiritual and community journey to create transformation.
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March 31, 2013
Mission Possible:
This Message will Not Self-Destruct
Should You Choose to Accept It Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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March 24, 2013
You’re Never too Young:
Teenagers Who Made History Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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March 17, 2013
Black is Beautiful:
Darkness, Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Dark SkinRev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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March 10, 2013
Our Hunger for Beauty — Our Hunger for JusticePat McCormick, Guest Speaker
On March 10, our guest speaker in the pulpit will be Pat McCormick. Pat has taught Christian Ethics at Gonzaga for nearly 20 years and speaks extensively on how God calls all believers to make peace, practice justice and tend to creation. His most recent book, “God’s Beauty: A Call to Justice” explores how the beauty of the just community, the neighbor, and the world call us out of ourselves and into community.
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March 3, 2013
The Ragged Individual:
Toward a New American EthicRev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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February 24, 2013
My First and Only "Star Trek Geek" Sermon:Please indulge me just this once!Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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February 17, 2013
The Feminization of Frogs
and the Return of Mother NatureRev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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February 10, 2013
Annual Partner Church Sunday
Life-Changing Encounters*
Rev. Adél Nagy, Guest UU Minister
Rev. Adél Nagy is the visiting 2012—2013 Balazs Scholar from Transylvania. According to Rev Nagy, her sermon takes off from the following tableau: "You are on a trip and stop at a cafe on the highway and the place is packed. The only seat is at the counter where people are watching Fox News on a large screen TV on the wall. You hesitate a moment, then take a seat and are soon in conversation with the person next to you who is engrossed in the Fox News program. How do you have a real conversation with the person who may have a very different view of the world than you?"
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February 3, 2013
Survival of the Friendliest:
Cooperation and Fairness in EvolutionRev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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January 27, 2013
Environmental Justice
Patricia Jones
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Guest Speaker
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January 20, 2013
The Archetype of the Hanged Man:
Sticking Around to Work on Our Hang UpsRev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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January 13, 2013
A Kinder, Gentler Nation:
Peace through NonviolenceRev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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January 6, 2013
Requiem Service
Sara Edlin-Marlowe, Myrta Ladich,
Melissa Parker & Susan Virnig, Worship Leaders
Today UUCS member/lay leaders will honor people who have died
during the year 2012 and share a few of their words, their deeds, and their songs.
This is a salute and a “thank you” to individuals for having lived their lives.
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December 30, 2012
Resolution Revolution —
Reflections on the Creative Life
Lisa Conger, UUCS Member & Guest Speaker
Today UUCS hosts Lisa Conger in our pulpit.
Lisa has been a member of the UU Church of Spokane since 1989.
She is an artist and poet, and teaches creative writing to senior citizens
and reflective writing to first year medical students.
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December 23, 2012
Winter Holiday Pageant
UUCS Children & Youth
Single Service at 11 am
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December 16, 2012
Yes, Einstein. There is a Santa ClausRev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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December 9, 2012
Unitarian Universalism and Philosophy:
The Epistemology, Metaphysics, Ethics, Reason,
and Aesthetics of our FaithRev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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December 2, 2012
Religious but not Spiritual:
Grounding our FaithRev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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November 25, 2012Nones and the Not Religion:
Unitarian Universalism and the New Demographic Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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November 18, 2012
King Midas & the Queen of Death Valley:
Two Environmental MythsRev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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November 11, 2012Who is Calling Us? Church Beyond Theology Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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November 4, 2012
Standing on the Side of Life:
Reflections on the Death Penalty
Victoria Thorpe, Guest Speaker
Victoria Thorpe, who has a sister on death row, is a co-chair of the Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane's Inland Northwest Death Penalty Abolition Group. She is an artist, mother, human rights activist, and the author of Cages, a moving true story
about her sister's harrowing journey through the U.S. death penalty system.
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October 28, 2012
The Presence of the Church and the Problem of God:
Do Either Really Exist?
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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October 21, 2012
The Art of Second Chances:
A Pragmatist’s View of Redemption
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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October 14, 2012
Gandhi on Drugs:
Nonviolence and the “Drug War”
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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October 7, 2012
Radio Rant: How to Hear from the Heart
Venerable Thubton Chodrun, Guest Speaker
The Venerable Thubten Chodron, Abbess of Sravasti Abbey,
says establishing the abbey fulfilled a long-held vision —
to share the Buddha's teachings with Western sangha
and incorporate the best elements of Western society,
including gender equality and using technology, to spread
the Dharma. Ven. Chodron is an author of many books
and teaches around the world. Don’t miss this inspiring speaker!
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September 30, 2012
Aikido Living:
Practicing the Way of Harmony in Everyday Life
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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September 23, 2012
Conversation with Todd
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister
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September 16, 2012Prophetic Drama:
The Ancient Art of Activism
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
Note: Our annual, multigenerational Water Service is today.
There are no Religious Education classes.
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September 9, 2012The UU Identity Crisis:
Moving Beyond Our Denominational Adolescence
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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September 2, 2012
Spotted Goats, Picket Fences,
Polyester and Other Obvious Sins
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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August 26, 2012
Coming to Terms with Our Individuality
Kurt Olson, Guest UU Minister
Kurt Olson is a 26-year old ordained UU minister — and a man who “wears many hats.” He is chief copy editor of The Easterner (EWU’s student newspaper) and competed in the National Poetry Competition and Individual World Poetry Competition in 2009. For three years Kurt was in the award-winning local band “Mon Cheri” and he states he is interested in trying to figure out how to be a peg in a world of square holes. Kurt is currently attending EWU to pursue a career as a high school English teacher.
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August 19, 2012Dooming Doomsday:
From Paranoia to Progress
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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August 12, 2012Horizontal Transcendentalism:
Outward not Upward
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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August 5, 2012Ex Nihilo: Grace, Wu Wei, Shabbat, & Other Ways
to Accomplish Everything by Doing Nothing
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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July 29, 2012
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Word Garden Poetry Service
UUCS Word Garden Poets, Guest Speakers
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July 22, 2012
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Theories of Justice
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, Minister
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July 15, 2012
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Dumbed Down:
Reflections on Education in America
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, Minister
One Service at 10 am
Religious Education 10 — 11:15 am
Special Congregational Meeting
to follow service
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July 8, 2012
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Walking Brahman:
The Coming Cosmic Consciousness
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, Minister
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July 1, 2012
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The Three Faces of Freedom
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, Minister
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June 24, 2012
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37 Years of Sitting with the Dying:
Some Stories I'd Like to Tell You
Tess Taft, UUCS Member Guest Speaker
Tess Taft is an oncology stress management specialist and psychotherapist who has provided service to cancer patients and their loved ones in hospitals, cancer clinics, homes, nursing homes, hospices and private practice settings for 38 years.
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June 17, 2012
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To Be or Not to Be:
The Creature that Questions Itself
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, Minister
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June 10, 2012
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Youth Sunday
Emma Wert, UUCS Sr Hi Guest Speaker
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, Minister
Come celebrate our graduating Seniors!
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June 3, 2012
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PRIDE Sunday
Beyond Tolerance:
Celebrating Our GBLTQ
Members & Mentors
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
One Service at 10 am
Religious Education 10 — 11:15 am
Annual Congregational Meeting
to follow service
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May 27, 2012
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Committed to Justice:
Organizing for Our Future
Carol Krawczyk, Guest Speaker
Carol Krawczyk is the lead organizer
for the Spokane Alliance.
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May 20, 2012
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Journeys to Unitarian Universalism:
Stories from Three Members
Angie Dierdoff, Cindy Fine, Laurie Harris
UUCS Member Guest Speakers
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May 13, 2012
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Crying Over Spilt Milk:
Visions of What Could Have Been
and What Can Be
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister
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May 6, 2012
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Bloomsday Sunday
No Services
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APRIL 29, 2012
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Walking the Red Road
Agnes Broncheau, Guest Speaker
Agnes Broncheau
is of Colville & Nez Perce descent,
a long-time community activist,
a mother & a grandmother,
a student & a volunteer,
and a woman strongly committed
to her spiritual path.
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APRIL 22, 2012
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Dark Energy:
If Enough Faith Can Move Mountains,
Can Enough Faith Restore Them?
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
Service music today by
emma's revolution
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APRIL 15, 2012
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The Grapes of Shame:
The Plight of Immigrants
in Fiction and Real Life
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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APRIL 8, 2012
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The History & Future
of Resurrection:
An Unorthodox Easter Sermon
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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APRIL 1, 2012
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Comic Relief:
Laughter is the Best Medicine
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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MARCH 25, 2012
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I’ll Meet You There:
Reflections on Rumi
Dr. Bill Miller, Guest Speaker
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MARCH 18, 2012
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Stages of Openness:
Open Eyes, Open Minds,
Open Hearts, Open Hands,
Open Doors, Open Arms
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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MARCH 11, 2012
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Todd’s Sermon on the Mount:
What’s that?
You said, “Amount?” Oh, my bad;
Todd’s Sermon on the “Amount”
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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MARCH 4, 2012
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The Virtue of Stupidity:
Risking Awkwardness in an
Upright (Uptight) Culture
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FEBRUARY 26, 2012
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Manichean Morality:
A Public Response to Jonathan Haidt’s
Discussion on the Moral Roots
of Liberals and Conservatives
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FEBRUARY 19, 2012
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A Light Before Dawn:
Progressive Faith in Our Time
Rev. Andy Burnette, Guest Minister
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FEBRUARY 12, 2012
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The Sensual Way:
Science as Mysticism
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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FEBRUARY 5, 2012
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Wars of Word:
From Discussion to Dialogue
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JANUARY 29, 2012
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Praise for the JourneyUUCS Partner Church Team Members Partner Church Sunday
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JANUARY 22, 2012
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We are God’s Advocates for Justice
Rev. Paul Benz, Guest Speaker
Faith Action Network (FAN) Co-Director
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JANUARY 15, 2012
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The Seven Billion Musketeers:
All
for One and One for All
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JANUARY 8, 2012
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Get Smart:
The Myth of Redemptive Violence
and the Sanctity of Partnership
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS MinisterSermon Text
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DECEMBER 25, 2011
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10 am
Rudolph, Santa & the Red
Scare:
We’re All on the Island of Misfit Toys
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS MinisterSingle, Multigenerational Service;
No Religious Education Classes
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DECEMBER 18, 2011
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9:15 am
What Child is This?Doug Huigen, UUCS Member Speaker 11 am
Would You Like to Hold the Baby?Winter Holiday Children's Pageant
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DECEMBER 11, 2011
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Not to Know Knowing:
An
Introduction to San Juan de la Cruz
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS MinisterSermon Text
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DECEMBER 4, 2011
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Everything I Need to Know
I
Learned in College:
Toward the Maturation of Morality
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister
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NOVEMBER 27, 2011
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Abraxan Service*
Sara Edlin-Marlowe & Cheryl Rohrig
UUCS Member Worship Leaders
* The Congregation of Abraxas was an order of UU ministers and lay people created for the purpose of liturgical renewal. “We believe the human enterprise and the health of our churches requires above all else the capacity and vehicles for genuine private and public worship. We want to renew liturgy in our lives so it will renew us and our society.”
Click here to learn more
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NOVEMBER 20, 2011
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Fonzie’s Prayer:
The
Discipline of Gratitude
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS MinisterSermon Text
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NOVEMBER 13, 2011
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Invisible Ties that
Bind:
Synchronicities, Extended Mind, Gravity,
Dark Matter and Other Ordinary
Stuff"
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS MinisterSermon Text
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NOVEMBER 6, 2011
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"We Are the 99
Percent!"
Why Egalitarian Societies Fail and
Why This Time Might be Different
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS MinisterSermon Text
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OCTOBER 30, 2011
| "Embracing Your Inner Demon:
Possession Is 9/10ths of the Soul"Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, MinisterSermon Text
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OCTOBER 23, 2011
| "What Are You Afraid Of?"
Jeff Wasson, UUCS Member Guest Speaker
Guest Speaker Sunday
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OCTOBER 16, 2011
| "The Sound of Peace:
Welcoming the
Strangers Among Us
"
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister
Sermon Text
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OCTOBER 9, 2011
| "Selfishness, Selflessness,
and Self
Realization:
The Journey from other to Other
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Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister
Sermon Text
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OCTOBER 2, 2011
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"Let Me Introduce You
to Some Friends of
Mine…"
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2011
| "If You Want to
Walk on the Water,
You've Got to Get Out of the Boat"
Pastor Happy Watkins, Guest Speaker
Guest Speaker Sunday
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SEPTEMBER 18, 2011
| "Being UU in an Age of Autism"
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2011
| "Big Love:
A Little Bit Should
Go A Long Way"
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister
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AUGUST 28, 2011
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"The Exciting Promise
of Humanism"
Fred Edwords, National Director
United Coalition of Reason
Guest Speaker Sunday
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No sermon audio this week
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AUGUST 21, 2011
| "From Person to Principle:
UU Theology in Terms of
Developmental Theory"
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister
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AUGUST 14, 2011
| "Prometheus & the Dragon:
The Difference Between Reflective
and Reflexive Thinking"
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister
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AUGUST 7, 2011
| "The Evolution of Indra:
Nonviolence as Recessive Meme"Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister
Sermon Text
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No audio available this week
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JULY 31, 2011
| "The Topmost Branch"
Word Garden Poets
Special Service
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JULY 24, 2011
| "A
Spirit on Fire:
Take Two Rumi’s and
Call Me in the Morning
"
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister
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JULY 17, 2011
| "Bearing
Life in the Necropolis:
Unitarian Universalism as an Alternative Lifestyle"
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister
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JULY 10, 2011
| "UU Worship
and the Five W's"
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister
The Five W's:
What
is it? Who Does it?
When does it Happen? Where does it Happen?
And, Why?
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No sermon audio this week
due to technical difficulties.
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JULY 3, 2011
| "First and Foremost:
Unitarian Universalism
as an American
Mystical Tradition"
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister
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JUNE 26, 2011
| The End of an Interim Ministry:
A Commemoration & Celebration
Please join us as we
honor the service & good work of
UUCS's Interim Minister,
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg
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JUNE 19, 2011
| "Religion in the Year 106 AE
(After Einstein)"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister
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JUNE 12, 2011
| "Heritage of PRIDE"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister
UUCS is a recognized
UUA Welcoming Congregation.
ALL ARE WELCOME HERE
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JUNE 5, 2011
| Youth Sunday Service
Join our UUCS Youth Today
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MAY 29, 2011
| "Be Memorable:
Find a Sense of Purpose"
Michael Hoffman, Guest Speaker
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MAY 22, 2011
| "Thinking Inside the Box"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister
UUCS Annual Congregational Meeting
will follow the service.
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MAY 15, 2011
| "The Love Lives of Porcupines"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister
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MAY 8, 2011
| "Calling All the Children Home"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweb, Interim Minister
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APRIL 24, 2011
| "Hope for the Flowers"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister
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APRIL 17, 2011
Candidating Week
| "Duuwy, Duuing, Duu:
A Call for Acts of Social Witness"
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Ministerial Candidate
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APRIL 10, 2011
Candidating Week
| "The Heyoka:
Going Against the Grain"
Rev. Todd Eklof, UUCS Ministerial Candidate
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APRIL 3, 2011
| "Passages"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister
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MARCH 27, 2011
| "Above Us Only Sky"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister
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MARCH 20, 2011
STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY
| "In the Land of Beginning Again"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister
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MARCH 13, 2011
| "Spiritual Practice
and the Evening News"
Venerable Thubten Chodron, Guest Speaker
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MARCH 6, 2011
| "Spiritual Composting"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister
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FEBRUARY 27, 2011
| "Two Stories:
Immigrants in America"
Rev. Ken Jones, Guest Minister
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FEBRUARY 20, 2011
| "Visions of Greatness"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister
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FEBRUARY 13, 2011
| "What's Love Got to Do With It?"Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister
Special Collection: Odyssey Youth Center
Click here to learn about Odyssey
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FEBRUARY 6, 2011
| "Flight Risk"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister
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JANUARY 30, 2011
| Partner Church SundayJerry and Julie Jose, UUCS Members
Special Collection: Partner Church
Click here to learn about our UUCS
Partner Church program
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JANUARY 23, 2011
| "Welcoming the Stranger"
Rev. Tracy Springberry, Guest Minister
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JANUARY 16, 2011
| "The King's Speech"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister
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JANUARY 9, 2011
| "When You Fall Off a Horse..."
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister
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JANUARY 2, 2011
| "The Old is Made New
and the New is Made Holy"
Rabbi David Kominsky, Guest Speaker
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No sermon audio available
due to technical difficulties
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DECEMBER 26, 2010
| "Instant Sermons"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister
One service only at 11 am
No Religious Education
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DECEMBER 19, 2010
| 9:15 am
"The Last Temptation"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister
11 am
Children's Christmas Pageant
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DECEMBER 12, 2010
| "Festivus:
Why Religious Tolerance Isn't"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister
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DECEMBER 5, 2010
| "The Second Path"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister
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NOVEMBER 28, 2010
| "Abraxan Service"
Sara Edlin Marlowe & Cheryl Rohrig
Worship Leaders
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NOVEMBER 21, 2010
| "Cranberry Relics"Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister
Special Collection Sunday
Crosswalk Homeless Shelter
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NOVEMBER 14, 2010
| "An Adventitious Occasion"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister
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NOVEMBER 7, 2010
| "The Interim Life"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister
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OCTOBER 31, 2010
| "A Spiritual Connection to the Land"
Barry Moses, Spokane Tribal Member
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OCTOBER 24, 2010
| "The Van Gogh Café"
Rev. Keith Kron
UU Transitions Director
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OCTOBER 17, 2010
| "Don't Just Do Something...
Stand There"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister
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