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#FAVSChallenge continues

By Tracy Simmons Last week SpokaneFAVS launched a Random Act of Kindness Challenge— #FAVSChallenge — daring people to partake in at least one random act of kindness. The challenge...

BRIEF: ManClan Presents — David Shoemaker “A Man With A Message”

Men in the Spokane community are invited to an evening with David Shoemaker former skipper of the commercial fishing ship: Galaxy.

US Muslims ask John Kerry for protection on Mecca pilgrimage

Concerned for the safety of U.S. citizens soon headed to Mecca, 27 Muslim-American groups are asking the State Department to better protect them from violence that has plagued those who have made the pilgrimage in the past.

Community invited to participate in meditation marathon

The Spokane Buddhist Temple, 927 S. Perry, will host the Second Annual Spokane Meditation Marathon next month.

Forget priesthood — moderate Mormon feminists seek a middle way

eylan McBaine doesn’t see herself as a feminist crusader. When McBaine, a lifelong Latter-day Saint reared in New York City, accepted an invitation to speak about women’s issues at a Mormon apologists’ meeting two summers ago, she simply wanted to communicate to an orthodox audience that the pain of some women within the Utah-based religion was real — and potent.

In Ferguson, Nation of Islam members push for peace

FERGUSON, Mo. (RNS) Ever since Michael Brown, a young, unarmed African-American, was shot by a police officer on Aug. 9, various crews have played...

In Spokane, protestors show they stand with Ferguson

“Hands up! Don’t shoot!” demonstrators belted as cars rolled by Spokane’s downtown triangle Friday evening.

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