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Fred W. Fait

Fred W. Fait was born in Spokane to Fred and Bertha Fait on May 29th, 1924. He lived those years leading a happy, dignified and regret-free life. Fred passed away peacefully on March 17, 2012 at home with his wife of 67 years by his side. A memorial service will …

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Spokane’s religion wrap-up: sex, end times, soup, oh my

Relationships and sexuality will be the topic of discussion next weekend at Victory Faith Fellowship. Jim Anderson, author of “Unmasked” will be leading a conference there March 30 and 31. His book is about sexual sins in today’s culture. More info on the free event can be found here. There’s …

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The Bible is a love story, not a rule book

In starting and leading a new church, one of the bigger challenges has been helping people to understand the Bible. Most people have the misconception that the Bible is a kind of “rulebook” full of moral commands and fables with a moral point, all about telling Christians how to live. …

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Dealing with death

Facing death in a faith community is always a difficult experience, especially in a culture where death is both trivialized and avoided with a false sense of reality. People today are flooded with a commercialization of death avoidance that oppresses the aging and lies to the young. This multibillion dollar …

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BRIEF: Church presents “The Seven Last Words of Christ”

The  Chancel Choir of Central Lutheran Church will present a Lenten Cantata, “The Seven Last Words of Christ” on March 28. The cantata, written by Theodore Dubois, portrays Jesus’ finals hours. Soloists are Shannon Baker, Matt Johnson and Chuck Zimmerman.  Paul Brueggemeier will be conducting and Alice Hostetter will be …

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‘Blue Like Jazz’ film aims to be Christian, not ‘cheesy’

Do not confuse the upcoming film “Blue Like Jazz” with Christian market movies like “Fireproof” or “Courageous.” “A Christian movie genre has formed. Our first goal with this movie is that we didn’t fit into this genre,” said director Steve Taylor. Author Donald Miller, who wrote the 2003 best-selling book …

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