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BRIEF: Celebrate National Day of Prayer at Life Center

Next week Christians across the country will celebrate the 61st annual National Day of Prayer.

Kissing for marriage equality

In response to the city council’s decision to table the issue of same-sex marriage in Spokane, a group of activists have organized a flash mob kiss-in at Riverpark Square this weekend.

Finding the God spot

A recent scientific study has shown that there's no God spot in your head. Oh my! Why would anyone think there would be such a thing?

Sikhs launch mobile app to report profiling

Sikh civil rights activists will unveil a mobile phone application next week (April 30) that they say will allow travelers who believe they have been profiled by airport screeners to file complaints directly from their cell phones.

Meet our science, religion and mathematics writer

Epictetus said, "Content yourself with being a lover of wisdom, a seeker of the truth." One could say this is the very purpose of Ryan Downie's life. What drives him, he said, is knowledge and understanding, an insatiable desire to learn.

 

United Methodists to debate allowing gay clergy and same-sex marriage

As nearly 1,000 delegates from across the world gather in Tampa, Fla., for the United Methodist Church's General Conference, gay and lesbian activists have printed pamphlets promoting their cause in five languages, including Portuguese and Swahili.

Ditch Facebook, find worship

A few years ago, a young mother posted some political points on her Facebook page. Other people from her church commented both negatively and positively and the whole exchange left the young mother so shaken she left the church. I did not find out what happened until weeks later when I asked if anyone had seen them. Since I really don't keep up with the large stream of information that goes through Facebook, I was uninformed. I missed them.

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