After causing a bit of turbulence with some passengers, Alaska Airlines will no longer serve prayer cards with in-flight meals, the company announced Wednesday (Jan. 25). The cards, which take a line or two from the Book of Psalms, have been an Alaska Airlines trademark for 30 years, uplifting some …

By Tracy Simmons Religion News Spokane In February more than 350 Shin Buddhists from across Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Canada will be visiting Spokane for the 65th annual Northwest Buddhist Convention. The Spokane Buddhist Temple is hosting the event, which will be held at theDavenport Hotel , 10 S. Post …

WASHINGTON — In the wake of President Obama's controversial decision to mandate that religious groups pay for contraceptives for their employees, much of the coverage focused on how the president had disappointed progressive allies by giving religious groups an extra year to comply. But the decision also had New York …

On Feb. 5 theSpokane Concentration Meditation Group will host Purification of the Mind, a meditation practice and dharma talk. The guest speaker will be Brian Gavin, a Spokane resident and teacher-in-training in the jhana practice(an ancient concentration practice). His talkwill focus on the”nuts and bolts” aspects of a meditation practice …

By Contributor Sr. Teresa Jackson I have been developing a theory that our stuff multiplies at night when we’re not watching. OK, so it isn’t a particularly rational theory, but admit it, how often do you look around and say “where did all this stuff come from!?” This seems to …

One day Rabbi David D'Auria found ared Nazi swastika painted on the sign of his synagogue. Regardless, he answers with a firm “no” when asked if he has ever been targeted or persecuted for being a Messianic Jew. The leader of Kehilat HaMashiach, a Messianic congregation in Spokane Valley, says …