Religion

On a Friday morning in November, about two dozen people gathered at St. James Episcopal Church in Pullman to do something that has become increasingly rare in American life: talk honestly about politics without tearing each other apart.

Union Gospel Mission is the best place Brandon Gwyn could be spending Christmas.

COEUR D’ALENE – In Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Catholic middle and high school youth group attendance is at an all-time high averaging about 85 teens weekly. This represents more than a 50% increase over past years.

A shimmering light during the darkest time of year.

When you cover religion for a living, Sunday mornings can lose their sacred quality. Church becomes your office, and after years of taking notes in pews across the region, the idea of attending services for personal worship can feel about as appealing as working overtime.

Like spokes supporting a wheel, faith organizations are essential to keep local homeless organizations operating.

As the scarlet ribbon across the Giving Machines hit the floor of the Spokane Valley Mall, a chorus of thunderous applause resounded through the food court.

Since Justin Carlile became the director of Partners Inland Northwest in 2021, he has seen the number of people grabbing food off their shelves skyrocket.

Community Presbyterian Church has brought in the Rev. Betsey Moe to be their new interim pastor, and she’s bringing goals of community outreach, maximizing resources and gender equality with her to Post Falls.

Bishop Cedrick D. Bridgeforth of the Greater Northwest Episcopal Area of the United Methodist Church has called people to go the “M.I.L.E” with his recent podcast, which shares the stories of how laypeople and individuals in ministry received their callings.

The Catholic Diocese of Spokane removed a priest from ministry and asked police to investigate after he was accused of misappropriation of funds and sexual misconduct involving six women.

Brad Moss is praying for the four churchgoers who died on Sunday after a man drove his truck through a ward in Michigan and began to open fire on an innocent crowd.

It’s not every day that someone literally sings your praises, but for Demetrius O’Neal of Five Mile Prairie, that’s exactly what happened when a warm greeting he extended inspired a hymn that is now sung by thousands throughout the world.

NEWPORT, Wash. – A global Buddhist community gathered Monday to consecrate the new Buddha Hall at Sravasti Abbey, marking the completion of a three-year construction project designed to serve as a refuge for those seeking peace.

Pastor Tim Remington loves the man who shot him six times nearly a decade ago in his Coeur d’Alene church’s parking lot.

Last winter, I went over the handlebars of my e-bike after hitting black ice on my way to work. Embarrassed and a little shocked, I got up, twisted my handlebars back around, and rode up the hill to my office.

Music is a gift, but faith should always come first, said Jim Bruce, one of the drummers for the Inland Northwest-based band Black Happy.

In first -century Palestine, Jesus was considered subversive by the religious and political leaders and followers. Today, we who claim to be serious followers of Jesus should be known as subversive in the eyes of certain religious and political leaders and followers.