A Muslim writer reflects on charity, community care and the Islamic teachings, highlighting everyday acts of generosity often overlooked in the news.
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More than 120 people gathered at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane this morning to celebrate the annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, organized by the Spokane Interfaith Council.
Eleven people spoke on the theme, “Giving Thanks for our Differences,” including Baldev Singh of the Sikh Temple (gurdwara) of Spokane, who delivered the keynote address.
Check Spokane Faith & Values this evening for a full story and a video of this event.
View more photos of this service on our Facebook page.
Tracy 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 New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
