Oregon Scrooge award & Christmas Spirit Award 2011 nomination By Guest Opinion, Scrooge awards can sometimes be handed out to those who are overly mean or nit-picky during the holidays. For instance, in New York a man was hit with a $100 fine for the crime of putting his garbage […]

A 13 year old Portland boy has made a video challenge to the world and it is gaining attention. Julien Leitner has launched a website and video where he asks everyone to donate just $2 to help him raise his goal of $2 million. KGW-TV News did a profile on […]

by Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministries Sandy, Oregon This video was produced by Portland Christian School a couple of years ago, but I just saw it after my friend Dale Walker sent it to me. It features preschool children being asked about the Christmas story. It’s heartwarming and delightful. And […]

Georgene Rice of KPDQ-FM Radio Interviews Ronald Tessler, author of “In the President’s Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect” Rice: For the average rank and file American, the Secret Service is somewhat mysterious about the Secret Service…How did you […]

Is Tebowing outlawed in school? Students replicate Tim Tebow prayer stance and get suspended. Faith News Note: Students in New York went Tebowing in the school hall — which consists of mimicking Denver Bronco quarterback Tim Tebow and his famous knee-down prayers during football games. These NY students were suspended. […]

Women’s Rights Without Frontiers “Batman” star Christian Bale traveled nine hours from Beijing to visit blind forced abortion opponent Chen Guangcheng. Bale said, “What I really wanted to do was shake the man’s hand and say ‘thank you,’ and tell him what an inspiration he is.” Bale never got the […]

By Religion Newswriters Association The death of Osama bin Laden—which spurred discussions among people of faith on issues of forgiveness, peace, justice and retribution was voted the No. 1 Religion Story of 2011 by the nation’s leading religion journalists. The 2011 survey of Religion Newswriters Association (RNA) members marks the […]

The Advent Conspiracy campaign started at the Imago Dei church in southeast Portland and now has spread around the world. The Advent Conspiracy is changing how people view Christmas by spending less on consumer gifts and more on personal gifts. The gifts improve and the money saved goes to charity. […]

Premiere Watchdog Selects Medical Teams International For National “10 Top-Notch Charities” List By Medical Teams International Charity Navigator, the premier charity watchdog group in the U.S., placed Medical Teams International in its 2011 list of “10 Top-Notch Charities.” The Portland-area based charity was selected from 5,000 non-profits in the watchdog […]

by Rick Johnson Better Dads Ministry, Roseberg Oregon This past season, several high-profile college head football and basketball coaches have been vilified and lost their jobs due to the perception that they harshly enforced disciplinary methods upon a player or players in their program. I’m not defending these coaches’ methods […]