I value supportive prayer and rejoice like everyone else in Hamlin’s recovery, but I am made a bit uncomfortable by the public displays of Christian piety common on football and other sport fields. What about all the non-Christians among players and fans? Who is not included in the circles of prayer? I am uncomfortable in general with the merging of sports and religion.

The Central Spokane Public Library, 906 W. Main Ave, will be hosting an exclusive-access screening of "The Abortion Talks: A Documentary," followed by a virtual Q&A with the filmmakers on Jan. 22 at 3 p.m.

Spokane’s new International Rescue Committee office (IRC Spokane) has helped relocate 100 refugees since they opened their doors in spring of 2022. Families and individuals served from this office have come from Syria, Guatemala, Myanmar and Vietnam. In the next few weeks, they will be serving Ethiopian and Congolese clients.

The recent SpokaneFāVS series on “The Evil in this World” may have missed something. Evil is certainly abundant; multiple examples are provided. But how much is focused on what may be the most common evil of all — lying? This simple act ranges from the deliberate whopper to nuanced shading of truth, from military propaganda to religious leaders denying child molestation to rationalization.

The Role of Blackness in the Hamline Islamic Art Controversy We’ve heard little about the students who initiated the complaint and why they objected to a painting of the prophet. Commentary by Kayla Renee Wheeler, Edward E. Curtis IV | Religion News Service In early October, Erika López Prater, a professor …

They say we dream more vividly as we grow older. That is certainly true for me. And I remember my dreams now in ways I never did when younger. And because I spent most of my life in newsrooms, that is where dreams take me. Soon enough, the newsrooms I remember will live only in dreams. And an institution so important to American democracy will be all but gone. Not a dream, but a nightmare.