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Shane Claiborne, whose ministry experience ranges from working alongside Mother Teresa in Calcutta to serving a mega-congregation in Chicago, will give a lecture, “Christianity and American Citizenship: Jesus for President,” on Oct. 17 at Whitworth University.

Three weeks before the 2012 presidential election, Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist George F. Will will share his insights into the election and the country's political landscape at Whitworth University's annual President's Leadership Forum.

He'll speak as part of the President's Leadership Forum at 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 16 at the Spokane Convention Center.

Anthony E. Clark, an associate professor of history at Whitworth University, has been selected as one of seven scholars worldwide to receive the 2012-13 National Endowment for the Humanities/American Council of Learned Societies Grant, according to a news release.

“I am honored and grateful to have received this support so I can consult important archives in northern China and complete my current book project on Sino-missionary relations in Shanxi,” says Clark.

Ramadan Mubarak! That means, for our Muslim readers, have a happy Ramadan. The sacred Islamic month started today and will continue until Aug. 19 (Eid-al-Fitr).

Noted author and scholar Richard Mouw, president of Fuller Theological Seminary, will lead the 37th annual Whitworth Institute of Ministry July 9-13. WIM provides clergy, laity, and their spouses and children a week of spiritual encouragement, equipping for ministry, and inspiring worship, according to a press release.

For the majority of her life, Andrea Palpant Dilley, '00, was surrounded by Christian influences. She spent her childhood in Kenya raised by Quaker missionary parents before moving to Spokane, where she was active in a Presbyterian youth group and later attended Whitworth University. Yet when she reached age 23, she says, "I stepped over the threshold of the church and walked away. I had no idea if I would come back."

Last month Christian fiction author Frank Peretti visited Real Life Ministries in Post Falls. He didn’t get a great review from our science writer. Now he’s back.