HomeCommentarySpokane Faith & Values introduces two new writers

Spokane Faith & Values introduces two new writers

By: Tracy Simmons

Date:

February 4, 2014

Related stories

Our Sponsors

Tom Schmidt

We’re happy to welcome two new writers to our team!

First, meet Thomas Schmidt. He is a retired psychotherapist and chemical dependency counselor who belongs to the Sufi Ruhiniat International order of Sufis. He is also a drummer in the Spokane Sufi group and an elder at the Country Homes Christian (Disciples of Christ) Church.

You can read more about Schmidt here.

Next, meet Rev. Scott Kinder-Pyle, a poet and ordained pastor in the

Presbyterian Church (USA). He received degrees from Penn State University (BA, English), Princeton Theological Seminary (Mdiv, Philosophy) and in 2008 a Doctor of Ministry (DMin) from Columbia Theological Seminary. He also received a Master of Fine Arts from Eastern Washington University.

Read more about Kinder-Pyle here.

Tracy Simmons

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.

Our Sponsors