Arts & Life Dance Church is NOT church. But it inspires religious feelings From the outside looking in, Dance Church looks like a mashup of a fitness class and living-room dance party. On the inside, it inspires spiritual feelings for some participants. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Health A religious group gives tips on avoiding the Covid-19 vaccine in Washington state A group called One Washington is holding seminars around the state to instruct people on how to ask for a religious exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine. KUOW’s Deborah Wang attended one of their sessions this week. Deborah Wang
Arts & Life 'I was baptized here. I thought I'd have my memorial there.' University District bids adieu to historic church A well-known landmark in Seattle's University District is being turned to rubble. But as hard as it may be to say goodbye, it will return. Katie Campbell
Politics America's Top Evangelical Group Is Deciding If They're Further Right Than Trump The Southern Baptist Convention meets this week in Nashville, bringing to the fore a host of controversial issues that threaten to cause a rift among the faithful. Jaclyn Diaz Scott Neuman
Health A Sunday service, a funeral, and a conference: How some churches spread Covid in the Seattle area Gail Fleming got Covid last summer from a church conference. Even so, Fleming is glad she went, she said, and that she would do it again. That’s how much the experience was worth it. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Science Millions Flock To Hindu Festival Amid Coronavirus Spike Hindu pilgrims are traveling to bathe in the Ganges River to wipe out their sins. Sushmita Pathak
Jose Robles released from immigrant detention in NW President Joe Biden is reversing many of the Trump administration's tough immigration policies. That’s led to the release of one undocumented man in the Northwest. Esmy Jimenez
National Clergy On The Pandemic Front Lines: 'How Do We Really Grieve?' The work of ministering to the sick and consoling the grieving has been a heavy burden for many faith leaders in the time of COVID-19. Tom Gjelten
Government The stroke of a pen signals hope and caution for Muslim Americans ‘Am I hopeful? Yes. Will this finish it, in the sense that discrimination against Muslim Americans will be done and over with in the next year or two? Absolutely not.’ Kim Malcolm Andy Hurst
National Religious Freedom Arguments Give Rise To Executive Order Battle Legislative remedies prove ineffective in reconciling religious freedom claims with concerns about discrimination, so the battle is waged via executive orders. Tom Gjelten
