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Spokane County is home to tens of thousands of Ukrainians – how do some of them feel about the escalating Russia conflict?

UPDATED: Fri., March 4, 2022

Spokane's Ukrainian residents don't all see eye-to-eye on the issue. Inna Mayorov doesn’t want to take sides. The Ukrainian-American owner of Yummy Snamy European Food and Deli interacts with Spokane Slavs at her store every day, and lately that means hearing conversations about the escalating Ukraine-Russia conflict.

Opinion > Column

Faith and Values: I believe hell isn’t permanent

Mon., Feb. 21, 2022

When discussing the concept of an afterlife, we talk a lot about heaven, but we also talk a lot about hell and what it means to be condemned. Traditionally, hell has been described as a place of eternal damnation, but I see it as a prison sentence with the possibility of parole.

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Immigration attorney sues World Relief alleging nonprofit rescinded Spokane job offer because he is gay

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 27, 2022

An immigration lawyer who was offered a staff job at World Relief only to have the offer rescinded the week before he was to start has filed a lawsuit alleging discrimination because he is gay.

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Donations to Catholic Diocese of Spokane, Salvation Army through group also funding far-right interests draws scrutiny

Mon., Jan. 24, 2022

The donations to the two local charitable organizations make up a small fraction of Donors Trust's $180 million in giving in 2020, according to a tax filing first obtained by CNBC and linked to Spokane by the news outlet the National Catholic Reporter earlier this month. That document also contained evidence of giving, through what are known as "donor-advised funds," to a group called VDARE, whose founder has espoused white nationalist views, and the Tea Party Patriots Foundation, a Georgia-based organization that helped organize the rally featuring President Donald Trump before some attendees violently breached the Capitol Building. Donors Trust paid out $75,000 to the VDARE Foundation in 2020, according to the tax filing, and $250,000 to the tea party group.

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Faith and Values: Speaking to our inner darkness is the way to the light

Mon., Jan. 24, 2022

I intentionally began this column on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. His words and witness still inspire me to try to speak more clearly about so many unjust and dangerous attitudes and events in our country today.

News > Religion

Shawn Vestal: Local World Relief leader steps down following refugee organization’s hiring controversy over gay job candidate

Fri., Jan. 21, 2022

The leader of World Relief Spokane, Mark Finney, has resigned following weeks of turmoil in the local office after a gay job candidate’s hiring was rejected by the national office.

Opinion > Column

Faith and Values: Finding the courage to speak, even in the face of alienation

Mon., Jan. 17, 2022

A few months ago I got an email from a producer asking if I’d be involved in her upcoming documentary series. She was looking for people who had loved ones in a cult.

News > K-12 education

Entries sought for Spokane Community Observance of the Holocaust annual writing and art contests

Wed., Jan. 12, 2022

From staff reports

Opinion > Column

Faith and Values: The important distinction between justice and equity

Mon., Jan. 10, 2022

What, exactly, is “fair?” What is “justice?” Definitions abound but few satisfy. One example, the “principle of moral rightness,” begs more questions. What is “moral?” What is “rightness?”

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Spokane County is home to tens of thousands of Ukrainians – how do some of them feel about the escalating Russia conflict?

Faith and Values: I believe hell isn’t permanent

Immigration attorney sues World Relief alleging nonprofit rescinded Spokane job offer because he is gay

Donations to Catholic Diocese of Spokane, Salvation Army through group also funding far-right interests draws scrutiny

Faith and Values: Speaking to our inner darkness is the way to the light

Shawn Vestal: Local World Relief leader steps down following refugee organization’s hiring controversy over gay job candidate

Faith and Values: Finding the courage to speak, even in the face of alienation

Entries sought for Spokane Community Observance of the Holocaust annual writing and art contests

Faith and Values: The important distinction between justice and equity

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