This morning 23 of us gathered at Coeur Coffeehouse for Spokane Faith & Values fifth Coffee Talk.
The topic, "Angry at God: Processing your Faith in Times of Tragedy," resulted in discussions about anger, grief, relationships and how those things relate to God and to one's faith community.
The late evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould coined the phrase “non-overlapping magisteria” in 1997 to convey the idea that science and religion essentially have nothing to say about each other; that religion can’t contribute to or detract from science and vice versa. Recent collaboration between psychologists and Buddhist monks, however, seem to indicate that Gould may have been wrong, and that perhaps religion can have something to say about science.
Six months ago I wrote about the death of my father — a man I hardly knew, yet whose passing I grieved. Today I pen about the loss of a second parent — the one who stepped in when dad walked out.
Venerable Geshe Thupten Phelgye, Gonzaga University’s Global scholar in residence, will gift a Peace Pole to Gonzaga in a special installation and blessing ceremony that begins at 3 p.m., May 6 on the lawn behind College Hall.
“I would like to offer a Peace Pole to Gonzaga University for its institutional birthday celebrating the 125th anniversary of living out the Jesuit educational mission of the service of faith in the promotion of peace and social justice,”
On Wednesday, International Worker's Day, more than 100 people gathered in downtown Spokane to stand in solidarity with the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. The rally, co-organized by M.e.ch.A de EWU (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana), included an escorted march through Spokane's streets — the first march of its kind since 2007, according to M.e.ch.A organizer Lucy Vazquez.