Rereading Twain helped me realize that there is a way to reclaim not only my faith but my patriotism in these unstable times. We need healing. Healing for me is spiritual. So here I am. A Christian. Who wants you to go to hell.

Lessons in Interfaith Work from the Parliament for the World’s Religions

Earlier today we received a report of a racist message that was written on the home of a refugee family in Spokane.

With a rise in religious intolerance in the Inland Northwest in recent years, I’ve unfortunately have had my fair share of combatting extremism, hate and fear-mongering about our neighbors.

Now, to be fair, the explosive rise of Donald Trump can be laid square at the feet of both major political parties.

There is value in Trump’s words: they were proof that we all actually can agree on something— that he’s totally and completely wrong.