For most of my life, I’ve misunderstood failure. I thought it was something negative and refused to accept it.

I don’t feel safe, though, being in large crowds or anywhere else where an unhinged shooter can open fire with an assault rifle and kill or maim dozens of people.

In “Torn: Married to a White Supremacist,” Chris Eddy writes about how her husband moved their family from California to North Idaho and eventually became the spokesperson for Butler’s neo-Nazi church. She writes about how her Catholic faith kept her loyal to her husband, and how she was able to separate the man she loved from his beliefs, which she despised.

However, in a way, I do struggle with founder’s syndrome. A lot of publishers do. As the person who started SpokaneFāVS 10 years ago, I have a hard time letting others take the reins.

Inquiry is holy. Blind faith is not.

For the second time in three years, progressive Christian icon and best-selling author Diana Butler Bass is coming to the Palouse, this time to speak at a series of events for the 40th annual Roger Williams Symposium in Pullman.