<p> Mohammed Kareem Hadia, a student in the Arab Journalism Program at Washington State University, created this video about Palestine.</p>

Sometimes an event or affair seems to crystalize the spirit of an age. The Dreyfus affair became a symbol of the soul sickness of pre-World War II Europe.

Noted author and scholar Richard Mouw, president of Fuller Theological Seminary, will lead the 37th annual Whitworth Institute of Ministry July 9-13. WIM provides clergy, laity, and their spouses and children a week of spiritual encouragement, equipping for ministry, and inspiring worship, according to a press release.

Margaret Askey (Higgins) was born Nov. 7, 1925 to Svend and Hilda Kaufmann, passed away June 16, 2012 in Fair Oaks, California. She was a m ember of Fowler United Methodist Church and representative of Union Gospel Mission Auxiliary.  Gravesite gathering to be held at Fairmount Memorial Park, 5200 W. Wellesley, …

I read a lot of children’s books these days. It’s one of the many benefits of parenthood. Some of the books I know from my own childhood, such as Richard Scarry’s, "Busy Busy Town," with its excitable, anthropomorphic citizens.

The Dalai Lama has given Nicholas Vreeland, director of The Tibet Center in New York, a daunting new assignment. On July 6, Vreeland will be enthroned as the new abbot of Rato Monastery in southern India, one of the most important monasteries in Tibetan Buddhism.