By Contributor Bruce Meyer I’m always perplexed when I hear pious talk about the Big Bang theory in underhanded, atheistic tones, as if it had been made up in a dark room by malicious religion-hating ogres. It’s a good story, one that doesn’t actually involve any ogres (I hope); only …

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service There’s a popular saying in church-planting circles: It’s easier to make babies than to raise the dead. That principle applies to denominations as well, said the Rev. Paul Detterman, who helped found the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians in January. “We thought it was …

By Contributor Sr. Teresa Jackson I hate it when homilists are right. Not just right about interesting pieces of Bible trivia or right in saying nice, affirming things. I hate it when they are right about things that really force me to take a cold, hard look at myself. Our …

COLVILLE — On Sunday two Colville congregations came together to profess that they, as part of the common Christian church, have at times been destructive. “…We confess that we have sinned in communal ways in accepting and perpetuating the prejudices and injustices that persist in our culture and our world,” …

Not much religion at the Oscars last night (unless you count celebrity worship). The documentary about the woman who kissed Elvis and then became a nun did not take home the golden idol. She did have a cute line, though. “Believe me, this is much different than being in a monastery,” Mother …

By Tracy Simmons SpokaneFAVS.com [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v7A0TcaDQ0] COLVILLE — On Sunday two churches in Colville came together to discuss corporate confession. Bishop Martin Wells, of the Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod and the Rev. Michael Denton, conference minister for the Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Church of Christ urged parishioners take time …