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Meet Buddhist writer Sarah Conover

Spokane Faith & Values is happy to welcome Sarah Conover to its team of writers. Conover teaches creative writing and meditation and has author several books, including "Muhammad: the Story of a Prophet and Reformer," which will be released later this year.
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Experience the divine this Pentecost

| May 17, 2013

On Sunday we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost. In John  20:19-23 we read that the disciples were gathered together, huddled in fear, hiding in an out of the way place, confused and bewildered about all that had occurred in the recent days. They were no doubt still distraught about the death of Jesus; and confused about several experiences when Jesus seemed somehow to be with them.
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About Paganism and the Spokane Pagan scene

| May 16, 2013

This is my first article for Spokane Faith & Values. Not having a specific topic to write about I thought it appropriate to give a little background information about paganism, the local pagan community and myself. Personally my experience with paganism goes back more than 15 years. During that time countless books have been read, spiritual work undertaken and completed, private and public groups have been joined and faded away.
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Ask An Atheist: What’s your method for personal growth?

| May 15, 2013

What forms or methods of personal growth and living into your values work for you? I believe we all seek inner peace, but sometimes the only language I know to express my growth is hard for atheists to understand because of differences of understanding those words.
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Through your faith, be joyous with others

| May 14, 2013

Were you to walk through my home, you would find that I have a lot of photographs hanging on the walls, in albums and even displayed as coffee table books from trips I have taken to far off places. These photos show both people I love and joyous times with them. Accomplishments and achievements and risks I’ve taken solely for the purpose of crossing things off my bucket list — they are all there.
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Portland “bum” finds spiritual home on the streets

| May 11, 2013

John Michael isn't like the rest of us. We, meaning reporters, are sipping coffee and typing ferociously on our computers using this unreasonable hour (6 a.m.) to catch up on work we’ve been putting off.
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Ask An Atheist: free will, suffering, magic rings and more

| May 10, 2013

In this edition of Ask an Atheist, a reader asks about free will, ethical grounding, suffering and the Ring of Gyges. Jim Downard responds with brief, but thoughtful, answers.
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Reveling in the silence

| May 9, 2013

Namaste' readers. After this weekend's Coffee Talk I discovered I have something to say about silence. I believe we are given experience of a thing so that we can hold a truth of compassion close to our thoughts and heart.
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Understanding the sacred Scriptures

| May 8, 2013

Some parts of our sacred Scriptures are best understood with the head; through our thinking function. An example is the well known passage which begins with "Consider the lilies of the field..." There, we are invited to consider; to reflect; to ponder; to think. Our spiritual understanding grows through considering reality as it is.
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Why listening matters most

| May 7, 2013

For about 10 days now, I’ve been wrestling with the worst cold of my life, including my first ear infection in about 50 years. To say that it has affected my hearing would be a gross understatement. My wife has threatened to hurt me if I ask one more time, “What did you say?” As a preacher, I talk for a living.
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Ask An Atheist: What’s the difference between an Atheist and New Atheist?

| May 6, 2013

Writer Jim Downard responds to the first question from our "Ask An Atheist" feature. A reader asks, "What's the difference between an atheist and a new atheist?"
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