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Reality bites

Posted Thu, Nov 5, 6 a.m.

In an age of seemingly too much information and not enough thinking, an argument for eschewing our culture's relentless optimism and seeing things as they really are.

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Compline at St. Marks: The torch is passed

Posted Wed, Oct 21, 6 a.m.

On the air for almost 50 years, KING-FM's live broadcast of the Sunday religious service remains both a beautiful program and a throwback to a classic era of radio.

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This camp is your camp

Posted Thu, Oct 15, 6 a.m.

Using a state pilot project, the Cascade Land Conservancy has made it possible to preserve historic Hidden Valley Camp for future generations. It's more than a win for holding back sprawl, it also saves an incubator of the Northwest's conservation ethic.

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Breaking Mallahan out of the 'business guy' box

Posted Wed, Oct 14, 6 a.m.

Our writer, talking with the Seattle mayoral candidate, comes away impressed by his small-C catholicity and Northwest values.

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Wedding costs, and benefits

Posted Wed, Oct 7, 6 a.m.

What does it mean that weddings these days are more traditional and more lavish than ever? Scoff not.

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Get Thee to the None Zone

Posted Mon, Sep 28, 6 a.m.

A new study shows how many people are following the Northwest's lead of turning into religious skeptics and non-joiners.

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Secular Seattle is full of theology schools

Posted Wed, Sep 2, 6 a.m.

Opening this week at Seattle Pacific University is the fourth graduate school of theology in town. Another surprising aspect is the evangelical tilt of this diverse set of schools.

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Islam in Cascadia

Posted Tue, Aug 25, 6 a.m.

A report from British Columbia on Pacific Northwest Muslims and how they view life in the West.

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Mainline churches face identity crises

Posted Thu, Jul 9, 6 a.m.

The stunning resignation of the new minister at Riverside Church underscores problems with some leading Seattle churches. In confronting congregations with muddled identities and generational tensions, new ministers stand on shaky ground.

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Preserving a city's sacred sites

Posted Tue, Jul 7, 6 a.m.

The loss of an historic church in Tacoma and the saving of several in Seattle offer lessons about the particular problems, and opportunities, of saving urban religious sanctuaries.

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Heroes, saints, and celebs

Posted Tue, Jun 30, 6 a.m.

In a perverse way, our modern fascination with celebrities such as Michael Jackson provides an avenue for moral discourse

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Calvin's children

Posted Fri, Jun 19, 6 a.m.

It's time we rediscovered John Calvin, the seminal thinker from whom so much American history and religion flows. A good place to start is with novelist Marilynne Robinson, a modern Calvinist.

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A gutsy commencement address

Posted Thu, May 28, 6 a.m.

Former Iraq ambassador Ryan Crocker, a Whitman graduate, issues an unlikely Niebuhrian challenge to the class of 2009

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Obama reframes the debate about abortion

Posted Wed, May 20, 6 a.m.

Welcome to the world according to Obama, a place where difference is taken for granted and alliance is sought.

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Godless in Cascadia

Posted Thu, Apr 23, 6 a.m.

What are the public policy implications of living in the None Zone, where religious affiliations are limited? A comparison between New England and the Northwest offers hints.

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The Cascadian Dream

Posted Thu, Apr 9, 6 a.m.

Can a Pacific Northwest utopia be shaped on the shared belief that nature is sacred? This latest installment in a series on regional identity looks at the patron saint of the environmental movement, John Muir, and how his thinking informs the desire for a new, greener, and elusive entity some call Cascadia.

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Are we happier in the West?

Posted Sat, Mar 14, 6 a.m.

A new poll suggests Western states report a better sense of well-being, but neither prosperity not recession seem to be making most Americans happier.

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Redistricting in God's Country

Posted Tue, Feb 10, 6 a.m.

God is making a slight comeback in the Pacific Northwest, no longer the most church-averse region in the U.S. Meanwhile, Big-Tent Obama is playing footsie with the seculars.

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Humor: Guardian angels smooth things over

Posted Mon, Jan 12, 6 a.m.

How to make use of God's holiest appointee.

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Up yours, Virginia

Posted Tue, Dec 2, 6 a.m.

Dispatch from the War on Christmas: Atheists make fools of themselves in Olympia while violence breaks out at Wal-Mart. The sacred season is now a very, very sick season.

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Other media

Gay marriage opponents get $200,000 for campaign Ref. 71 supporters still have much more money, despite the largest donation of the campaign, by a national evangelical organization.

NARAL ads go after Hutchison on abortion The campaign, targeted to the Eastside, takes issue with the candidate's claim that abortion is outside King County's purview.

An unlikely opponent rises to fight benefits for same-sex partners Washington's Russian-speaking evangelical community has become a potent voice in the campaign to reject initiative R-71.

The Susan Hutchison-Richard Dawkins dinner party spat The head of the Simonyi Fund (Hutchison) and the Simonyi Professor at Oxford (Dawkins) recall different things about a fancy dinner party. She says it was about Jesus. The famous atheist says it was about George Bush.

Books: God fights back In a new book, Karen Armstrong, a former nun, tries to rescue religion from cultured despisers and literal-minded believers.

Blog posts

Is God violent?

Posted Tue, Nov 3, 6 a.m.

An Election Day story about the meaning of justice

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Can a neo-Nazi be an environmentalist?

Posted Mon, Nov 2, 2:51 p.m.

A shooting in BC answers the question

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Storing up treasure

Posted Wed, Aug 5, 3 p.m.

Some kind words for the late Reverend Ike, who raised up his radio listeners by speeding up the arrival of the Promised Land

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The mystery of the Asian "Nones"

Posted Mon, Apr 27, 7:45 p.m.

Statistics in Vancouver raise the question: Why do so many Chinese immigrants say they have no religion?

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Canada and the U.S.: Dumb and dumber

Posted Wed, Feb 18, 10 a.m.

When it comes to ignorance on evolution, America is still Number One!

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Obama's pagan nation

Posted Sat, Jan 31, 9 a.m.

Some conservatives worry that our new Christian president is ushering in a heathen era

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We're here, we're godless, get used to it

Posted Thu, Jan 22, 6 a.m.

A great day for patriotic American "unbelievers."

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Putting a smiley face on the godless

Posted Wed, Jan 7, 11:21 p.m.

After the holiday debacle in Olympia, atheists should try a new tactic used by British non-believers.

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Northwest is stony ground for progressive Christianity

Posted Thu, Dec 11, noon 2008

So a new study finds, and so a stimulating magazine discusses.

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Christmas Treehuggers

Posted Fri, Dec 5, 9 a.m. 2008

Go ahead, cut that tree, and feel good about your environmental footprint.

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