Faith-Family Film Review: This Is It By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting This Is It: Posthumous documentary capturing the planning and rehearsals for the titular series of comeback concerts by the controversial “king of pop,” scheduled to begin in London in July, but forestalled by Jackson’s untimely death at […]

Faith-Family Review: Paranormal Activity By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Paranormal Activity— Cohabiting San Diego yuppies (Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat) use a video camera to record disturbing phenomena they fear are being caused by a demonic spirit that has pursued the young woman since childhood. Writer-director Oren Peli’s […]

Growing quantity of `Christian’ films now focus on quality By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service, (RNS) Director Brian Baugh’s upcoming teen film “To Save a Life” may be many things, but one thing it’s not, he says, is a “Christian” movie.  The upcoming film about a star basketball player […]

A graduating college student and aspiring journalist credits her parents for her accomplishments in life by Kristin Sherrard Holt International, Oregon …My story begins on March 23, 1988, not on the date of my birth, but the start of my life. At eight months and ten days, I was still […]

By Oregon Faith Report, The U.S. Supreme Court blocked Washington state officials from releasing the names and addresses of those who signed a petition referring gay rights legislation to the November ballot.   The ruling temporarily blocks a federal appeals court ruling that had ordered the release of the names.  The […]

Central Arkansas CityFest: Tremendous Success Excerpts from Luis Palau Press Release; Beaverton, Oregon (North Little Rock, AR) Global evangelist Luis Palau wrapped up his Central Arkansas CityFest campaign this past weekend with local leaders expressing amazement over the unprecedented cooperation among churches, businesses, and government…The CityFest project began 15 months […]

Oregon Faith Report Survey, If you received a research grant to study a different religion, which would you be most interested in learning more about? Highlights of comments

This year, the annual White Ribbon Against Pornography (WRAP) Week runs Sunday, Oct. 25, through Sunday, Nov. 1. WRAP Week is intended to inform the public and public officials about the harms of pornography and the need to enforce obscenity and related laws.  Resources for individuals and groups are available […]

By Traci Scott, Oregon faith Reporter, As conveyed in his recent book, “Golden Leaf:  a Khmer Rouge Genocide Survivor”, Kilong Ung was a “golden leaf” propelled by the wind that blew him from one terrifying part of the world to the next.  Through adverse weather, turmoil and calamity, he was […]