Read about one church's community garden experience here. Tracy SimmonsTracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in …

Read about community gardens here. Eric BlauerI am Frederick Christian Blauer IV, but I go by Eric, it sounds less like a megalomaniac but still hints at my Scandinavian destiny of coastal conquest and ultimate rule. I have accumulated a fair number of titles: son, brother, husband, father, pastor, writer, …

Community gardens are becoming practical ways to cultivate a more healthy neighborhood and foster opportunities to build more relationships within the community they are planted within. Three years ago, Jacob’s Well started a garden and this year looks like it’s going to be even more fruitful than it has been. …

GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, today released ‘Missing Voices: A study of religious voices in mainstream media reports about LGBT equality’ in partnership with the University of Missouri Center on Religion & the Professions. The study analyzes messages presented in national …

Is Jesus’ death on a cross and resurrection really about chocolate, fun and cartoon characters? Ernesto Tinajero Are Passover Pete, lattes and other marketing techniques good for denominations? https://spokanefavs.com/culture/social-issues/are-passover-pete-lattes-and-other-marketing-techniques-good-for-denominati Tracy SimmonsTracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the …

This summer young adults ages 18 to 29 can explore the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism within Western at Sravasti Abbey, a Buddhist monastic community in Newport. During the Young Adults: Exploring Buddhism 2012  residential program, guests will be fully integrated into the Sravasti community and will learn meditation, participate in Dharma teachings …