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Why I support SpokaneFAVS: A place for community

Those same values — that people matter, that voices and ideas matter — are what brought me to SpokaneFAVS.
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Why the church is like a tribe

I saw something recently that got me thinking about how the church should be more like a tribe rather than a temple. The church is not a building, a business venture, or a 501c3 non-profit organization — it’s supposed to be a community of faith — a tribe if you will. In fact, there are some very strong similarities to church and a Native American tribe.
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"Community happened when we joined together to help others." - Amy Rice Building community, one paint can at a time
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Community: Tears of joy, tears of sorrow

In the past two weeks, I have learned of a death of an acquaintance, celebrated a wedding and mourned anew on the 12th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks. It was really a sharp contrast: many lives taken too soon juxtaposed with the radiant joy and fellowship of celebrating the forming of a new family.
Beliefs

Very tricky word, love

One of the things I have heard quite often over the past 31 years I have been in parish ministry, is that congregations are supposed to be places where everyone loves each other. Until very recently I have agreed with that; I have pictured that as an ideal toward which we all ought to work. These days I am not so sure that this is the goal of Christian community in general...

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Thanks for a great April Coffee Talk!

On Saturday Spokane Faith & Values held its fourth Coffee Talk, this time at Revel 77 Coffee.

A big thanks to those who showed up — 32 people — including the four panelists, the Rev. Jim CastroLang, Skyler Oberst, Dr. Pearce Fujiura and Annie May Brown.

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POLL: Do you belong to a spiritual community?

On Saturday Spokane Faith & Values panelists will join our readers in a discussion about spiritual community.

What is spiritual community?

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