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Faith is the victory
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Faith is the victory

  • Lee Roy Holmes Seventh-day Adventist
  • Apr 18, 2021
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RELIGION COLUMN: We are scheduling ourselves for failure if we are trying to obey in our own strength.

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The Friday that wasn't good

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  • Mark Koonz Emanuel Lutheran
  • Apr 11, 2021
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RELIGION COLUMN: Discovering the truth we seek can be arduous, like trying to catch an image in a fog.

Ignore 10th commandment at your own peril
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Ignore 10th commandment at your own peril

  • Dorothy Knudson Presbyterian Church
  • Apr 4, 2021
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RELIGION COLUMN: We have not stopped large, powerful groups from taking what they want from others and imposing their will upon them.

Our beginnings: Life's processes work too well to be accidental
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Our beginnings: Life's processes work too well to be accidental

  • Lee Roy Holmes Seventh-day Adventist
  • Mar 28, 2021
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RELIGION COLUMN: Faith in the Bible’s account of creation certainly helps to answer questions about our beginnings.

Rejoice in the Lord always
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Rejoice in the Lord always

  • Lee Roy Holmes Seventh-day Adventist
  • Mar 21, 2021
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RELIGION COLUMN: The Christian can push back the cynicism and disillusionment that are darkening the landscape of life.

Not guilty!
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Not guilty!

  • Greg Brownell Dayton United Brethren Church
  • Mar 14, 2021
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RELIGION COLUMN: Christ's intercession in our behalf was righteous and just because out of his great love for us he paid for our violations.

A world in turmoil
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A world in turmoil

  • Todd Oleson Bahai’s of Walla Walla
  • Mar 7, 2021
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RELIGION COLUMN: God is in our daily lives whether we acknowledge him or not. It’s vital that we ponder the significance of this important gift.

The land of beginning again
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The land of beginning again

  • Lee Roy Holmes Seventh-day Adventist
  • Feb 28, 2021
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RELIGION COLUMN: God put the potential for new beginnings into the basic design of our existence. Every 365 days we have a new year; every seven days a new week; every 24 hours a new day; and so forth.

It's just simple Bible truth
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It's just simple Bible truth

  • David Reed First Presbyterian Church
  • Feb 21, 2021
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RELIGION COLUMN: God did not die on the cross to be a mystery to us regarding life after death on this planet. He speaks from scripture simple truth.

Sustaining spiritual health, no matter what is happening around us
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Sustaining spiritual health, no matter what is happening around us

  • Chuck Hindman Alliance for the Homeless
  • Feb 14, 2021
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RELIGION COLUMN: Whatever the situation, we can turn down the drama, wear a mask and find something positive to do, even if it is just an encouraging word or brief prayer.

Heaven Is real and ready
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Heaven Is real and ready

  • Lee Roy Holmes Seventh-day Adventist
  • Feb 7, 2021
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COLUMN: We do live in a troubled world. We are deeply polarized politically and socially. Maybe it’s time to think more seriously about the options God has given us for the future.

The sky is not falling, but faith in God is
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The sky is not falling, but faith in God is

  • Terence T. Hall Walla Walla First Assembly
  • Jan 31, 2021
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COLUMN: The Word of God encourages us to walk by faith and not by sight.

Local pastor: Be diligent and stay the course in enduring hardships
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Local pastor: Be diligent and stay the course in enduring hardships

  • Greg Brownell Dayton United Brethren
  • Jan 24, 2021
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COLUMN: There may have been times we quit, only to find out later that if we had stayed the course and endured, blessing and joy was only moments away.

Interfaith chaplain at Whitman College: pandemic and recent political upheaval are moments of sacred transition
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Interfaith chaplain at Whitman College: pandemic and recent political upheaval are moments of sacred transition

  • Adam Kirtley Whitman College
  • Jan 17, 2021
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COLUMN: The pandemic that has shaped our lives for the better part of a year is simultaneously on the brink of spinning out of control and being reigned in.

It pays to share
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It pays to share

  • Lee Roy Holmes Seventh-day Adventist
  • Jan 10, 2021
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COLUMN: We need to be ready to share a smile and a Bible promise with the discouraged.

In a world in turmoil, service to humanity needs broader attention
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In a world in turmoil, service to humanity needs broader attention

  • Todd Oleson Baha'is of Walla Walla
  • Jan 3, 2021
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COLUMN: Our history is proof that people find justice hard to reach.

Jesus was intolerant of racial prejudice
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Jesus was intolerant of racial prejudice

  • Randy Klassen Pioneer Methodist
  • Dec 27, 2020
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COLUMN: The message is clear: God loves the world and everyone in it. We are called to do the same. Prejudice has no longer any place in our lives.

God's Bethlehem invitation was an act of mercy
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God's Bethlehem invitation was an act of mercy

  • Mark Koonz Emmanuel Lutheran
  • Dec 20, 2020
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COLUMN: Jesus' story is bigger than we imagine or realize, but is never far from those who need to receive mercy and hope.

Life lessons from 'Lars and the Real Girl'
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Life lessons from 'Lars and the Real Girl'

  • Dorothy Price Knudson Presbyterian Church
  • Dec 13, 2020
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COLUMN: The story of "Lars and the Real Girl" seems to be as clear a picture as any of what Christian community can be.

Social distancing is found in the Bible
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Social distancing is found in the Bible

  • Lee Roy Holmes Seventh-day Adventist
  • Dec 6, 2020
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COLUMN: For the spiritual health of his people, God has, for millennia, encouraged his followers to practice a kind of social distancing.

Who is my neighbor?
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Who is my neighbor?

  • Chuck Hindman United Methodist
  • Nov 29, 2020
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COLUMN: If we are honest, our own “Who is my neighbor?” questions are often designed to justify our biases and privilege.

God's voice
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God's voice

  • Dorothy Price Knudson Presbyterian Church
  • Nov 22, 2020
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COLUMN: So, if I read the Bible correctly, we Christians are to share Good News (Gospel) but with compassion and humility.

The cost of Christmas
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The cost of Christmas

  • Lee Roy Holmes Seventh-day Adventist
  • Nov 15, 2020
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COLUMN: Christmas is costly. But the most costly Christmas ever brought the gift we needed most: a Savior.

God's love is more vast than the ocean
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God's love is more vast than the ocean

  • Greg Brownell United Brethren Church
  • Nov 8, 2020
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COLUMN: Some enjoy the ocean because it speaks to them of the vast and immeasurable depths of God’s great love.

Written by God’s finger
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Written by God’s finger

  • Lee Roy Holmes Seventh-day Adventist
  • Nov 1, 2020
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COLUMN: If the professed Christian chooses not to be guided by God’s law, who or what does guide his behavior?

Politics and religion
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Politics and religion

  • Randy Klassen Pioneer Methodist
  • Oct 25, 2020
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COLUMN: Separation of church and state has sometimes left us a little confused. It was introduced under Thomas Jefferson in 1802 to ensure that our government would not make one religion the official creed for everyone.

Our relational design
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Our relational design

  • Logan Mann, Trinity Baptist Church
  • Oct 18, 2020
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COLUMN: There’s a lot of ways to talk about the differences between introverts and extroverts. While many of them capture something that is true, none of them probably paint the whole picture.

Faith in hard times
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Faith in hard times

  • Chuck Hindman, United Methodist
  • Oct 11, 2020
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COLUMN: In hard times, we need a faith shaped by even harder times. In unjust times, we need a savior who can overcome even death on a Roman cross.

Where is your faith?
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Where is your faith?

  • Lee Roy Holmes Seventh-day Adventist
  • Oct 4, 2020
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COLUMN: We live in a stormy world. And when the storms come, both physical and spiritual, it’s natural that we should long for that which is more established and settled, something more than human.

We are to love others as we love ourselves
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We are to love others as we love ourselves

  • Dorothy Price Knudson Presbyterian Church
  • Sep 27, 2020
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COLUMN: I think one of the greatest sins of Christians is to discount the Golden Rule.

'As it was ... so shall it be'
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'As it was ... so shall it be'

  • Lee Roy Holmes Seventh-day Adventist
  • Sep 20, 2020
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COLUMN: Another problem: Eating, drinking, and sex are things we typically associate with the ordinariness of life. It’s hard to see them as signs of such a cataclysmic event as the Second Coming. We are used to putting that in the context of war, earthquakes and lightning flashing from east to west.

Whether we are born again or go to God forever after death is one of the great mysteries
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Whether we are born again or go to God forever after death is one of the great mysteries

  • Rabbi Marc Gellman God Squad
  • Sep 13, 2020
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COLUMN: I asked my team of dear readers to opine on the question of reincarnation. Do you believe that we are born again, or is it once and done?

Empathy is key to a just society
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Empathy is key to a just society

  • Dan Clark Walla Walla Friends
  • Sep 13, 2020
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COLUMN: A thoughtful friend often reminds me that when we are considering the fairness and justice of our actions regarding others, the real test is whether we would be willing to trade places with them.

Jesus promises that in him we have peace
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Jesus promises that in him we have peace

  • Greg Brownell Dayton United Brethren
  • Sep 6, 2020
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COLUMN: The hardship that has been placed on us by the coronavirus and the current unrest in our nation’s streets have made life difficult. Many are frightened.

The scent of Joseph
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The scent of Joseph

  • Todd Oleson Baha’is of Walla Walla
  • Aug 30, 2020
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COLUMN: It has taken centuries for humankind to understand that there is one God who continues to assist and redefine man’s spiritual role.

Cherish Martin Luther King's beautiful dream
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Cherish Martin Luther King's beautiful dream

  • Mark Koonz Emmanuel Lutheran Church
  • Aug 23, 2020
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COLUMN: Strangely enough, in Martin Luther King Jr.'s day he was considered a radical liberal and in our day he is often seen as a conservative.

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Spiritual evolution

  • Todd Oleson Member of the Baha’is of Walla Walla
  • Aug 9, 2020
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“In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep.”

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The creation of the week

  • Lee Roy Holmes, Seventh-day Adventist
  • Aug 2, 2020
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In the creation of our world certain ways of measuring time became a deeply-embedded part of our lives.

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Nobodies and somebodies

  • Terence T. Hall, First Assembly
  • Jul 26, 2020
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Life seems filled with a vast amount of nobodies and somebodies. Now, before we move further, let me say clearly, I strongly believe…

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God’s new normal today

  • Jul 19, 2020
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Today we hear talk of a “new normal” — a lifestyle that those who survive COVID-19 will have to adjust to.

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