Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day began as a movement in 1992 to honor the more than 1,000 Indigenous cultures within the United States.
Read More »Are Weather Events Natural Calamities, Environmental Disasters, Trials, Torments or the Wrath of God?
I have always believed that weather is unpredictable. We can make our forecasts, but we never know for sure.
Read More »How Spokane Churches Can Become Globally Minded in Their Own Backyard
Spokane is a sizable city, but we’re insular. We’re often referred to as the largest city between Minneapolis and Seattle, but dominated as we are by majority culture, it can be difficult for us to see our connection to the multi-ethnic world.
Read More »What Totem Poles in Alaska Taught Me about Appreciating Other Cultures
“Totem” plus “pole” was first used by English traders in 1808 to describe what they were seeing along Alaska’s southeast coast.
Read More »‘It’s Not OK’: The Need for Genuine Support Over Clichés
We need each other. We need support and connection with each other. We don’t need our pain minimized with ridiculous platitudes.
Read More »Moms for Liberty: ‘Joyful warriors’ or anti-government conspiracists?
Lately, the mothers group dominating media attention is Moms for Liberty, self-described “joyful warriors … stok[ing] the fires of liberty” with the slogan “We Don’t Co-Parent with the Government.”
Read More »