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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Bill Ellis

Rev. Bill Ellis is dean of St. John’s Cathedral. He has a bachelor’s degree in history, a Master of Divinity and holds an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Church Divinity School of the Pacific.

A moral life is possible with or without God

I take a small leap here and assume that by “morality” you mean roughly a system of values that embraces the worth of people and the communities in which they live, and which as well respects the rights of other people and communities insofar as they do not attempt to do harm to those unlike them.

The Bible isn’t either/or

One of the issues facing Christianity today is that people are looking at this faith, and perhaps more particularly the Bible as though it were an “either/or” proposition.

Rev. Bill Ellis

Rev. Bill Ellis is intrigued by how the Bible was put together. How come some texts were included and some weren’t?

The key is simplicity

Here is the only surefire method:

Francis is the biggest religion story in years

The biggest religion news story, for SpokaneFAVS or anywhere, is the election of Pope Francis in March.

Christmas as a civil festival

The influence of Christianity in this country is such that Christmas became something that Hanukkah never became, a civil, as well as a religious festival.

Christianity has no monopoly on generosity

In one of the circles willing to include me, an old question has arisen once again.

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