PORTLAND, Ore., July 15 /Christian Newswire/ — The nation’s largest bereavement conference will be held in Portland, Oregon by The Compassionate Friends August 7-9 when as many as 1200 parents, siblings, and grandparents from across the country, grieving the death of a child, will converge on the city. This will […]

Byron McCane of The State Newspaper makes this observation about the sudden rise and decline in the Atheism trend and what have contributed to it; “Has something gone wrong with the new atheism? For awhile, it was really on a roll. Several best-selling books aggressively attacked religion, calling it a […]

By Holt International, Eugene Oregon Loss of funding has put many children currently in foster homes at risk of returning to orphanages. Holt is committed to taking over the funding of these foster care programs in order to keep the children with their foster families until permanent families can be […]

Health Care Reform Dilemma Among Urgent Issues Facing Catholic Healthcare Catholic health organizations advocate for healthcare reform as a matter of social justice. However, some reforms could lead to an expanded role for government that would further erode the autonomy of Catholic hospitals–especially if a plan mandates that contraception, sterilization, […]

Kigali Kollection Achieves Goal of 10,000 Books! Multnomah University News, Once again, the Kigali Kollection has reached its goal—this time, five months before the due date. On July 15th, Multnomah staff, Emi Koe and Mary Newman, both shared the pleasure of entering the 10,000th book to the Kigali book database. […]

Churches Making Money by Making Movies MEDIA ADVISORY, July 20 /Christian Newswire/ — How can churches raise money by making movies? One church in Georgia has done it. Sherwood Baptist Church of Albany, Georgia has produced three movies as ministry tools (“Flywheel,” “Facing the Giants” and “Fireproof”) that have returned […]

First Reader’s Digest, now USA Today Recognize Luis Palau’s Season of Service, based in Beaverton By Luis Paulau Ministries, (Portland, Oregon, USA) – Evangelist Luis Palau’s Season of Service (SOS) is singled out in the July issue of Reader’s Digest as the “Best Group Service Project” in America. In a […]

By Randy Alcorn, Eternal Perspectives Ministries, Sandy Oregon Question of the Week: Fasting seems to be an oft-neglected spiritual discipline for Christians these days. Do you have any thoughts or suggestions on fasting? A few years ago I was involved in a study group with some younger men, and we […]

Former Chauvinist Inspired to Write Book that Teaches Women How to be Women and Men How to Live with Them BURLINGTON, NJ, — In a world filled with men from Mars and women from Venus, Eric F. Ricks thinks he has finally learned the secret to peace in the home […]

Review of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, By CatholicMovieReviews.org At the behest of his mentor (Michael Gambon), the now-teenage wizard (Daniel Radcliffe) ingratiates himself with a returning Hogwarts instructor (Jim Broadbent) who once taught his archenemy Lord Voldemort and whose memories may hold the key to defeating the […]