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Thank you for another great Coffee Talk!

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 relationship between Buddhism, mindfulness and science

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.

Meet LDS writer Emily H. Geddes

Spokane Faith & Values is pleased to welcome Emily H. Geddes to its team of writers.

Geddes is our fourth contributor writing through the lens of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Immigration Reform March

On Wednesday more than 100 people gathered in downtown Spokane to march for immigration reform.

Without her, the world is different — acknowledging grief

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.

BRIEF: Geshe Phelgye gifts Gonzaga a Peace Pole

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,”

Marching for immigration reform

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.

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