Several times a month, community columnists weigh in on matters of faith and values. The Faith and Values column appears Mondays, and features retired Methodist minister Paul Graves, of Sandpoint; ...

The first observance of Father’s Day was held in 1910 through the efforts of Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Wash. After hearing her pastor celebrate the newly created Mothers’ Day holiday in his sermon ...

“As we are sequestered in our homes, it’s a great time to pull out board games,” he said, adding that’s what his family has been doing. “In the midst of this understandable panic, we can enjoy each ...

April was the month of the Buddha’s birth and a time for Buddhist practitioners to aim for spiritual rebirth. In May, we have the birth of Shinnyo co-founder Master Tomoji Ito, known as a Dharma ...

The last day of Kwanzaa and the first day of the new year is Kianga Jinaki’s favorite time. Jinaki, a massage therapist in West Palm Beach, likes starting the year steeped in faith, the last principle ...

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