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; ...

Behind every breakthrough, there is a quest for truth. This desire is wired into humans—an insatiable curiosity about the ...

“Truth is always in danger of being sacrificed on the altars of good taste and social stability.” (William Sloan Coffin, “Credo”). Actually, Coffin was being modest about how many altars truth is ...

We are to obey the teachings of Christ, our Savior (Luke 6:46). Believers are to live courageously, seeking not popularity, but the Lord’s approval (Galatians 1:10). Those who have accepted Jesus’ ...

The truth was center stage at two very different public events last week. One was an announcement by Mark Zuckerberg’s social media empire, and the other was the funeral of President Jimmy Carter.

Bishop Anthony Frontiero, an official for the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said during the annual summit on Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in ...