Category Archives: Weekly Report

I don’t think I’ve been to an Episcopalian funeral in the dozen years I’ve been an Episcopalian.

The closure of a Cursillo weekend is usually a joyous occasion, though the bulk of the participants and the team are usually really tired.  The community comes together for this final service, and, along with the things particular to the … Continue reading →

We’re not quite sure when the Kaleo popped up. Small towns are kind of weird that way . . . sometimes you know and see all the changes, and sometimes things just pop up. We first noticed them back in … Continue reading →

One* is a large church in the Spokane Valley that sports its own climbing tunnel play area called the Totally Tubular Zone and lattes. (I haven’t quite figured out the latte thing–that is, is it by donation? regular coffee stand … Continue reading →

Because of a scheduling conflict Sunday morning, we decided to attend the synagogue Friday evening. Temple Beth Shalom had been on our list of services to attend, and the scheduling worked out well this week. We had dinner with Elaine … Continue reading →

We can’t become Catholic. Between papal infallibility, transubstantiation, and the call to ordination being limited to less than half the population, there’s some insurmountable philosophical issues that would prevent us from conversion. But if we were Catholic, we’d probably go … Continue reading →

Riverstone Community Church is a tiny Wesleyan church in Post Falls, ID. We overshot their parking lot and ended up in the parking lot of the overwhelmingly large North Country Chapel, which afforded ample opportunity for popping a U-ie and … Continue reading →

We were going to go to St. Ann’s, but their service is at 9am, downtown. We were going to go to Mt. St. Michael’s at 10:30am out on the prairie, but Michael (the hubby, not the saint) said he couldn’t … Continue reading →

“So much for the gluten-free church,” Michael whispered to me, as we started singing the third hymn that involved the growing of wheat. My mom suffers from Celiac Disease, and we’re ever-vigilant about gluten in our meals at home and … Continue reading →

After not taking communion last week with the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Michael said that Team Quirky needed to go Episcopalian. I tried talking him into Lutheran or Catholic, since we haven’t done either of those, but apparently last week was just … Continue reading →