“I often jest, ‘Just because I’m an atheist doesn’t mean I don’t believe in God.’ I don’t believe, that is, in a personal god, nor in a benevolent and mysterious force that some call God. But there are certain qualities that theologians sometimes attribute to ‘God,’ along with a few of my own, that I do believe in. In this sermon, I’ll share some of my heretical ideas about God.” – Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof
Speaker Bio: Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof has been the minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane, WA since 2011, and is the founder of the North American Unitarian Association. Rev. Eklof started in the ministry as an ordained Southern Baptist minister but left the Christian faith while still in seminary as a young man, explaining, “I simply outgrew it.” After a 16-year career in broadcast journalism, he reentered the ministry as a Unitarian Universalist in 1999. He’s been widely appreciated for his environmental and gay rights activism, in addition to engaging in the areas of criminal justice reform, restorative justice, the peace movement, as well as immigration and racial justice.
Topics: Social Justice