After partaking of the fruit they were no longer innocent and they had to work and suffer outside of paradise. But they knew true joy (for example, the joy of family) because they knew true pain. One cannot be appreciated without the other. Laura Kipp Redeeming Eve, Part 1: Not …

The story of Eve, our first mother, is too often told negatively. She is often viewed as a foolish temptress who led Adam into sin and brought original sin upon the world.

For more than 20 years members of The Spokane Buddhist Temple have been making Bento Boxes, a traditional Japanese dish, as part of Spokane Japanese Week.

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For the past few years, Terry Daniel Sr. and Lisa Haynes used good cheer to camouflage their deteriorating health and dwindling finances. They kept up running jokes with neighbors. Their easy banter made them popular at their mobile home park's annual picnics.

Confessing means to be real. Many people think that the church’s call to confess is somehow outdated, weird and strange. Ernesto Tinajero Posting our real selves http://spokanefavs.com/culture/arts-and-media/posting-our-real-selves Tracy SimmonsTracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, …