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Spokane’s religion wrap-up: Frank Peretti, Tutu live, Baha’is and the bishop

Tracy Simmons | May 18, 2012 | Comments (0)

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Last month Christian fiction author Frank Peretti visited Real Life Ministries in Post Falls. He didn’t get a great review from our science writer. Now he’s back.

Topics: Culture, Social Issues
Beliefs: Bahá'í, Christian - Protestant/Other
Tags: andrea palpant dilley, auntie's bookstore, baha'i, blase cupich, byu management society, desmond tutu, education under fire, faith and other flat tires, frank peretti, spokane and mormon students, whitworth

Tracy Simmons

Tracy Simmons serves as the editor and community manager of SpokaneFAVS. She holds a bachelor’s degree in print journalism and a master’s degree in communication. She’s reported on religion for about a decade and has written for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas and Connecticut. Over the y...
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For the majority of her life, Andrea Palpant Dilley, '00, was surrounded by Christian influences. She spent her childhood in Kenya raised by Quaker missionary parents before moving to Spokane, where she was active in a Presbyterian youth group and later attended Whitworth University. Yet when she reached age 23, she says, "I stepped over the threshold of the church and walked away. I had no idea if I would come back."
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BRIEF: Film examines Baha’i in Iran

Tracy Simmons | May 21, 2012

On Thursday the Compassionate Interfaith Society at Eastern Washington University and the Baha'i Community of Spokane will sponsor a free film screening of "Education Under Fire."
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Spokane’s Religion wrap-up: Ramadan, International students, certified image consultant and new deacons

Tracy Simmons | Jul 20, 2012

Ramadan Mubarak! That means, for our Muslim readers, have a happy Ramadan. The sacred Islamic month started today and will continue until Aug. 19 (Eid-al-Fitr).
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Political commentator coming to Whitworth

Tracy Simmons | Mar 15, 2012

Three weeks before Americans vote in the 2012 presidential election, Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist George F. Will will share his insights into the election and the country's political landscape at Whitworth University's annual President's Leadership Breakfast. "George Will's appe...
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