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Protestantism

  • News

    January 25, 2012

    Pastor Joe Fuiten's Gay-Marriage Problem

    The leading evangelist's strange objection to the coming law.

  • Calendar

    January 11, 2012

    Wolves in the Throne Room

    The leading evangelist's strange objection to the coming law.

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    'Miracle' Did Not Save Castle Rock Church from Arson, Science Did

    ​On Sunday a suspected arsonist set several fires inside the United Methodist Church in Castle Rock, Wash. The fires didn't spread far and the church didn't burn down, prompting the pastor to declare that a "miracle" had been performed and media everywhere to parrot his assertion that divine i ... More >>

  • Diversions

    July 20, 2011

    Ask a Mexican!

    ​On Sunday a suspected arsonist set several fires inside the United Methodist Church in Castle Rock, Wash. The fires didn't spread far and the church didn't burn down, prompting the pastor to declare that a "miracle" had been performed and media everywhere to parrot his assertion that divine i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    Q Fever, Livestock Disease/Military Bio-Weapon, Spread by Goats to Humans in Eastern Washington

    ​Five people are sick in the Moses Lake, Wash. area with a livestock-based illness called Q fever. You may not be familiar with the disease, which causes high fevers, and flu-like symptoms in humans. But considering that Q fever is known as possibly the most infectious bacterial pathogen in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    What You Missed if You Missed the Last Three Decades

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb.​I finally got a chance last week to meet and hang out with The Long Winters guru and fellow Seattle Weekly columnist John Roderick. To be honest, I was a little bit nervous when first seeing John; he seems to be the smartest guy in the room, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Urbana Legends: Folding Away the Apron with One Last Midwestern Hurrah

    ​As a sort of Julie & Julia-type project for Voracious, I took on the mighty recipes of the United Methodist Church of Urbana, Ohio. Every Tuesday, I whipped up one of the Midwestern classics and chronicled the cooking process, while offering up the recipe for you to give it a try at home. Hav ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 10, 2010

    Grandmaster Flash

    ​As a sort of Julie & Julia-type project for Voracious, I took on the mighty recipes of the United Methodist Church of Urbana, Ohio. Every Tuesday, I whipped up one of the Midwestern classics and chronicled the cooking process, while offering up the recipe for you to give it a try at home. Hav ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 3, 2010

    Mr. Angelo

    ​As a sort of Julie & Julia-type project for Voracious, I took on the mighty recipes of the United Methodist Church of Urbana, Ohio. Every Tuesday, I whipped up one of the Midwestern classics and chronicled the cooking process, while offering up the recipe for you to give it a try at home. Hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Shockingly Late to Pork: Talking with Chef Naomi Andrade Smith

    ​Naomi Andrade Smith is best known for the tamales she sold in the late 1990s out of a tiny takeout window in Madrona under the name Villa Victoria. (Villa Victoria's second incarnation, in Columbia City, was not as successful and closed last year.) Incredible food aside, Smith should be known ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    Book Beat: The Life and Music of Electric Guitar Pioneer Elder Utah Smith

    A new book, I Got Two Wings, released last month, chronicles the life of Elder Utah Smith, a Southern evangelical pastor who claimed to be one of the pioneers of electric guitar. Although the music that Smith played in the 1940s was undeniably gospel, it's a predecessor to early rock n' roll. His ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2008

    Focus on the Family by Laying Off Its Breadwinners...

    ...because you spent their salaries trying to break up families in another part of the country. In a superb piece of irony, James Dobson's Focus on the Family is headed for massive layoffs after its pro-Prop 8 spending spree. Unfortunately, it's always the minions who pay the price. Nevertheless, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2008

    Ethical Dilemmas at the Ballard SeafoodFest

    ...because you spent their salaries trying to break up families in another part of the country. In a superb piece of irony, James Dobson's Focus on the Family is headed for massive layoffs after its pro-Prop 8 spending spree. Unfortunately, it's always the minions who pay the price. Nevertheless, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    Th' Legendary Shack*Shakers

    Thursday, July 3

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2008

    Moonshine, Urban Farming, and Other Food News

    Thursday, July 3

  • Calendar

    March 19, 2008

    Preach On

    Musical redemption from the Midwest

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2008

    Ralph Nader: Crashing The Party

    Musical redemption from the Midwest

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2008

    Comments of the Week

    Musical redemption from the Midwest

  • News

    January 9, 2008

    Meet Clinton's “Informal Adviser” on Evangelicals

    Don Argue is tight-lipped about the extent of the relationship.

  • News

    December 5, 2007

    Pews for Jews

    A local evangelical is building a local connection to Israel.

  • Film

    November 28, 2007

    What Would Jesus Buy?: Taking the Anti-Consumerist Gospel to Wal-Mart

    A local evangelical is building a local connection to Israel.

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2007

    Why Heart Huckabee

    A local evangelical is building a local connection to Israel.

  • Calendar

    October 3, 2007

    Garrison Keillor

    It has been not so quiet a week in Lake Wobegon

  • News

    February 14, 2007

    Voice of God

    The rise, fall, and 'groovy church' resurrection of the Seahawks' P.A. announcer, Pastor Randy Rowland.

  • Music

    November 15, 2006

    Freebirds

    Ragged Vancouver rockers

  • News

    November 15, 2006

    The AIDS Evangelists

    World Vision is campaigning to raise AIDS compassion among Christians. The key: focus on widows and orphans.

  • Music

    August 9, 2006

    Jim Noir

    Plus CD reviews of Robert Stillman, Heartless Bastards, and Evangelicals.

  • News

    June 21, 2006

    Gay Evangelicals

    Are they an oxymoron? Not entirely. Just ask Deacon Peter Benson.

  • News

    January 25, 2006

    The Futility of Boycotts

    Planning to boycott Microsoft? Get in line.

  • Arts

    August 10, 2005

    Smite Makes Right

    Far from Baghdad, we need a sectarian truce of our own. But are hard-believing Americans really ready for a grand compromise?

  • News

    June 22, 2005

    One Family's new focus

    Mary Lou Wallner lost her daughter. She doesn't want Dr. James Dobson to take your child, too.

  • News

    April 27, 2005

    Onward, Secular Soldiers!

    America's Christian invasion of government should be a call to arms for those on the right, on the left, and in the center.

  • News

    December 8, 2004

    Is Bush the Antichrist?

    The Christian right and the Christian left are engaged in a debate over who 'owns' Jesus—and whether Dubya is a force for good or evil.

  • News

    November 17, 2004

    Evangelize the Vote

    Meet the conservative Christian pastor who spearheaded the Bush voter registration campaign in Washington.

  • News

    August 25, 2004

    The New Abolitionists

    Freeing 'sex slaves' is now at the top of the human rights agenda, thanks to Christian evangelicals, the Bush administration, and two former Washington politicians, Linda Smith and John Miller. How did the anti-trafficking crusade evolve, and is it being overhyped?

  • News

    November 5, 2003

    Blessed for Success

    In these tough economic times, people are flocking to hear God's commandments for making money.

  • Music

    March 26, 2003

    Serve Somebody

    The gospel according to Bob Dylan.

  • Music

    April 3, 2002

    Holy fuck!

    Glenn Dixon talks about the man upstairs.

  • News

    November 7, 2001

    A matter of faith

    When terror struck, Americans turned to religion for guidance and strength. Then what?

  • News

    August 8, 2001

    Preaching revolution now

    Quakers' activist arm speaks "truth to power" in the C.D.

  • News

    April 18, 2001

    God's work

    Quakers' activist arm speaks "truth to power" in the C.D.

  • Music

    November 29, 2000

    Fred & Courtney.

    Quakers' activist arm speaks "truth to power" in the C.D.

  • News

    April 12, 2000

    The devil we know?

    Old Nick could be alive and kicking around town.

  • Film

    December 15, 1999

    I pinned Andy Kaufman

    Wrestling with the ghosts of the past.

  • News

    August 25, 1999

    Pragmatic picnic

    Mainstream Republicans show signs of life at this year's GOP Vashon barbecue.

  • News

    August 11, 1999

    The fire this time

    The Christian right handcuffs a Kitsap human rights group.

  • News

    April 15, 1998

    Media Culpa

    The Christian right handcuffs a Kitsap human rights group.

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