Tag: Leaders & Institutions

Combine a barstool philosopher, an activist shouting ‘stop plate tectonics’, and a ‘letter’ from President Bush and the end result is the going away service for the Rev. Clare Austen.

After 12 years, Austen is ending her position as pastor of Unity Spiritual Center of Spokane.

It may be the most famous speech of the 20th century.

Millions of American schoolchildren who never experienced Jim Crow or whites-only water fountains know the phrase “I have a dream.”

The Rev. Paul Lebens-Englund loves the ministry of coffee shops and greenways, barstools and dining room tables. Anywhere people are making conversation and living life is somewhere he likes to be.

Ministers and church leaders from all faiths invited to attend the Christian Service Summit on Sept. 14 at Whitworth University.

The purpose of the meeting is to "define areas of community need where local churches can make a difference."

Though the church service held many similar elements to others — prayers, worship songs and communion — two differences stood out. The service was a Celtic Eucharist and is an original creation of the Rev. Elaine Breckenridge.

People, and reporters, can't seem to stop talking about Pope Francis.

Today he sent a personal message to Muslims to mark the end of Ramadan.

With his open and easygoing manner, Pope Francis charmed the media as much as the faithful during his successful visit to Brazil, the first international pilgrimage of his pontificate.

But it was the pope’s remarks about gay priests, made during a free-wheeling press conference on the return trip to Rome, that drew the most headlines, raising questions about whether the pontiff was signaling a change in the church’s approach to this volatile issue.