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Coffee and Contemplation, a spiritual discussion and prayer event for people of all denominations held monthly at Immaculate Heart Retreat Center, continues in April with Jerry Sittser, professor at Whitworth University and best-selling author.
The topic will be “The Big Story and the Little Story” on April 16. It will focus on how to read our own stories redemptively by understanding them in light of the “big story” of redemption, according to a press release.
The program runs from 9 a.m.. — 11 a.m. and includes warm beverages and rolls. Cost is $10 per session. Advance reservations are requested. For more information or to register contact Immaculate Heart at 509-448-1224 or online at www.ihrc.net.
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of SpokaneFāVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
