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November 30, 2010 - God blamed for football loss. How the Almighty might respond.

Buffalo Bills receiver Stevie Johnson gets attention for seemingly blaming God for critical failed catch during football game By Guest Opinion, Oregon Buffalo Bills receiver, Steve Johnson, dropped a critical catch during this weekend’s game and made headlines with his remarks which seemed to indicate that he blamed God.   Johnson’s […]


November 29, 2010 - Arson hits Oregon mosque. Local Imam and Muslims speak out

Oregon Faith Report News Note: On Sunday an arsonists torched the Salman Alfarisi Islamic Center in Corvallis where the Oregon bomb plot suspect Mohamed Osman Mohamud attended worship. Mohamed Osman Mohamud is under custody for trying to explode a bomb during the Portland Tree Lighting ceremony on Friday.  Most of […]


November 29, 2010 - Girl charged for seeking Christian roommate

Georgene Rice of KPDQ-FM interviews Joel Oster, senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, who represents a woman in a fair housing discrimination suit, who posted a note on her church bulletin saying she was looking for a Christian female roommate. Discrimination charges and investigation efforts have recently been […]


November 28, 2010 - Whoopi amends with O'Reilly after View walk-off over Muslims

Whoopi Goldberg makes amends with Bill O’Reilly after The View walk-off over Muslims Oregon Faith Report News Note: It took me by surprise  that Whoopi Goldberg would strike up a friendship with conservative TV host Bill O’Rielly after she and others stormed off the stage during a taping of The […]


November 27, 2010 - World's First Scratch 'n' Sniff Holy Card

World’s First Scratch ‘n’ Sniff Holy Card The Pope’s Cologne Creates World’s First Scratch ‘n’ Sniff Holy Card SAN RAFAEL, Calif., — Smelling is believing! The Pope’s Cologne announced today that it has created the world’s first scratch ‘n’ sniff holy card. The new holy card commemorates the life and […]


November 26, 2010 - Black Friday is no villain, but a virtue

Black Friday is no villain, but maybe a virtue By Guest Opinion Many years back the anti-consumerism movement began a boycott protest over the biggest shopping day of the year in Black Friday. Then environmental concerns added their voice. Now we are seeing more messages from the pulpit chastise Black […]


November 25, 2010 - Thanksgiving Poem by famous poet Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thanksgiving Poem by famous poet Ralph Waldo Emerson For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee! ~~~~~~Ralph Waldo Emerson


November 25, 2010 - Family-Film Review: Tangled

Family-Film Review: Tangled By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting In this traditional animated offering based on the Rapunzel fairy tale, a golden-haired damsel (voice of Mandy Moore) imprisoned in a tower by an evil crone (voice of Donna Murphy) escapes with the help of a boastful thief (voice of […]


November 25, 2010 - Family-Faith Film Review: Love & Other Drugs

Family-Faith Film Review: Love & Other Drugs By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Love & Other Drugs: Misguided romance — based on Jamie Reidy’s 2005 memoir “Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman” — in which a womanizing pharmaceuticals seller (Jake Gyllenhaal) and an artist (Anne Hathaway) afflicted […]


November 24, 2010 - Family-Faith Review: Faster

Family-Faith Review: Faster By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Sour revenge flick in which a paroled convict (Dwayne Johnson) hunts down and slays those responsible for his brother’s death at the hands of a rival gang. On his trail are a scrofulous drug-addicted detective (Billy Bob Thornton) and a […]