Where did Christmas carols come from?
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
During the first thousand years of Christianity, Christmas played second fiddle to Easter, the most important feast and celebration of the year. That might sound …
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Surrendering our rights for the sake of politics
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
In the four years I attended Sandpoint High School many of my peers took their own lives — in 2015 we lost three in one …
Trump, Israel, and Christian Zionism
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Every grain of sand between the Dead Sea, the Jordan River
and the Mediterranean Sea belongs to the Jew [sic].
—Ed MacAteer, Christian …
The American Redoubt Series: ‘Keeping the faith’ — The role of religion in the American Redoubt
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Faith and country
Nearly 500 people tromped through a muddy, rain-spattered parking lot the morning of Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, bound for the Bonner County …
‘Love’ is God’s traditions
By Rev. Bob Evans
Reader Contributor
We have freedom of religion and separation of church and state because the founders of our nation knew something; no one tradition has favor …
Coming up this week! Don’t miss Live Music, the Summer Sampler, the Art Party, Monarch Grind, the Sandpoint Renaissance Faire, and more! See the full list of events in the 