I am asked to pray for the Spokane Valley City Council once or twice a year.

It depends on the government, but assuming we're talking about the U.S. government, then the answer is unequivocally no.

You don’t believe in evil? You’re just not looking hard enough. It’s there, deep inside each one of us. Bruce Meyer What the Aurora shooting says about today’s society http://spokanefavs.com/culture/social-issues/what-the-aurora-shooting-says-about-todays-society Tracy SimmonsTracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on …

The shooting at the movie theater in Aurora early July 20 was a terrible tragedy, one that claimed numerous lives and injured many more.  In the aftermath, the search is on for the reason.

SpokaneFAVS is pleased to welcome Neal Schindler to its team of writers.

Schindler is a member of Spokane's Reform Jewish congregation, Emanu-El and is an accomplished writer.

<p> “There are those of us who will not give up until the death penalty has ended, until this country is about saving lives and not killing people and throwing them away for making mistakes,” said Jason Baldwin to more than 100 people sitting on the rooftop of the Saranac Building on Saturday.</p>