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Seeking spiritual advice? Father Knows Best can help

Each week the Rev. Martin Elfert, of The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, answers your questions about life, love and faith.

How technology presents opportunities to people of faith

Thanks to the innovations of the Roman Empire, the Christian Apostle Paul was able to travel widely and disseminate his letters to the early Christian communities well beyond its starting point in Palestine.

That awkward moment…

Perhaps you’ve seen the memes. They begin with “That awkward moment when…” and proceed to describe a common (often funny) awkward moment.

What was the worldview of Jesus?

The apostles of Jesus say to him, "Increase our faith." He replies that if we have faith the size of a mustard seed (which is quite small), we could say to this tree "be uprooted" and it would obey us.

Ask An Atheist: Does it take faith to be an atheist?

I heard several religious visitors to the booth our Inland Northwest Freethought Society and Spokane Secular Society hosted at the recent Spokane Country Fair toss off a similar trope: "I don't have enough faith to be an atheist," they would say, and then walk off without engaging any further.

What we can learn from zombies

I have a confession. Please don’t hate me. I know this will be a terrible shock to some of you, but I recently took my wife on a date to see "World War Z." Yes, that’s the new Brad Pitt movie about a war fought against billions of humans who get infected with a virus, die and then come back as zombies.

Through your faith, be joyous with others

Were you to walk through my home, you would find that I have a lot of photographs hanging on the walls, in albums and even displayed as coffee table books from trips I have taken to far off places. These photos show both people I love and joyous times with them. Accomplishments and achievements and risks I’ve taken solely for the purpose of crossing things off my bucket list — they are all there.

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