Commentary

Americans’ confidence in organized religion, slowly but steadily declining since the 1970s, slipped to a new low in the latest survey, the Gallup Organization reported.
Today only 44 percent of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in “the church or organized religion,” Gallup said.

The term "faith" is no stranger to religious discourse.

I must admit, I have never really understood nor identified with this term (even when I was a believer).

Today SpokaneFAVS.com was featured on ProgressPlanet.com.

Tracy Simmons is the editor and community manager of SpokaneFAVS.com, an online resource for non-sectarian coverage of religion and spirituality in the Spokane, WA area.

For the fourth time in five years, Whitworth University was named a top school in the country on CollegesofDistincton.com, an online guide that takes a fresh look at colleges and universities appealing to students’ unique and varied interests. Based on the opinions of guidance counselors, educators, and admissions professionals, Colleges of Distinction honors colleges excelling in key areas of educational quality, according to a news release.

Constitutional law should be supreme, but I think any judge worth their salt would consider all issues involved in a case but in the end this is America a country founded on a constitution.

Some of you are going to applaud us for bringing a Pagan writer onboard, and some of you are going to be less than pleased. But let me remind you of our mission to be "a gathering place for non-sectarian coverage of faith and values news from the Spokane area."