The Rev. William “Bill” Ellis moved from Spokane to Bend, Oregon, after he retired from the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in 2017, but still news of his death has many in Spokane reeling.
When a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at a Newtown elementary school earlier this month, our writers were quick to respond by offering reflections on the Spokane Faith & Values site.
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My conclusion is that the spiritual “fault line” (if you will allow me a geological metaphor) is not best or most accurately drawn along the lines of which religion a person practices, as if the real issue in the religious and spiritual world today were whether or not a person is a Christian, a Jew, a Muslim or a Buddhist.