Tag Archives: Social Issues

Please welcome Jim Downard to our team of contributors.

Downard replaces Thomas J. Brown as our Atheist writer and currently serves as a member of the Spokane Secular Society.

The Spokane New Economy Summit will be held April 5 and 6 at Gonzaga and Riverpoint Campus.

The summit will be an opportunity to discuss shaping strategies to create a vibrant and sustainable Inland Northwest, according to a news release.

At our next Coffee Talk, at 10 a.m. on April 6 at Revel 77 Coffee, five Spokane Faith & Values writers will discuss why spiritual community is or isn't needed in today's society.

Recent research shows 20 percent of Americans don't affiliate with a particular religion.

A recent Gallup poll showed that there seems to be movement in religious America, which has seen the sharp rise of the “spiritual but not religious.”  This group of people is categorized as believers without a formal religious affiliation. This statistic is one of many interconnected shifts in our time. 

In keeping with its mission to increase interfaith dialogue in the area, SpokaneFaithandValues.com will celebrate its first anniversary with Faith Feast: An Intercultural Progressive Dinner.
The meal will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 21.

This weekend Karen Wanjico will lead a workshop on recovering from spiritual abuse.

She says spiritual abuse is when authoritarian religious groups use power and control to instill fear and guilt into worshipers, manipulating them to behave a certain way.