On the morning of Aug. 11, 45 churches from across the Spokane area will participate in Serve Our City.

That morning volunteers from the participating churches will beautify the grounds of a nearby school by picking up trash, pulling weeds and other basic maintenance activities.

My faith influences my wardrobe year round, though of course that influence is more noticeable when we all want to dress  (or undress) for the heat.

In the LDS faith, we believe that all of us are children of God, made in His image, and that our bodies are temples and should be treated with respect.

Photo of Salem Lutheran Church in West Central.

The Friends of Sravasti Abbey will be holding a rummage sale at Unity Church Aug. 11 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  Monies earned will go toward the abbey's grocery fund.

It intrigues me that of the religious traditions that have a common origin in Abraham, Jews have the kosher food laws, Muslims have Ramadan and Halal, but the Christian faith of today has little left of its historic food practices. Craig Goodwin Why an evangelical Presbyterian pastor is observing Ramadan …

I am a Christian writer.

Many reading that last sentence would focus on one of two words: Christian or writer.