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April 6, 2018 - Movie features Pope Frances up close, personal

By Corby Pons, Wim Wenders’ new documentary, “Pope Francis – A Man of His Word,” is intended to be a personal journey with Pope Francis, rather than a biographical documentary about him. The pope’s ideas and his message are central to this documentary, which sets out to present his work […]


April 4, 2018 - Don’t depoliticize Martin Luther King

By Tom Krattenmaker Oregon writer Featured often in USA Today, Religion News Service Whenever we remember the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., some people inevitably pull out a piece of sandpaper and try to smooth the sharp edges of the great civil rights prophet. “Don’t politicize him,” they say. As […]


April 2, 2018 - Athlete makes $10M Christian gift

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Ministry based in Sandy Oregon Many of God’s people have been entrusted with much, and Jesus said “To whom much is given much will be required” (Luke 12:48). We are all accountable to use what belongs to God, which He has entrusted to us, […]


March 31, 2018 - The Basketball Nun of March Madness

Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt has become a March Madness celebrity in short order. Sister Jean is a chaplain for the Loyola Ramblers men’s basketball team. Sister Jean is also religious sister of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Watch the video to hear about her celebrity fame on […]


March 30, 2018 - Religious liberty victory in court over health care

By Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a very important federal court ruling on religious liberty: The Obamacare Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate forcing Catholic non-profits to provide coverage for abortion-inducing drugs, contraception, and sterilization, was dealt a lethal blow by […]


March 29, 2018 - Church leaders restart gun ban petition

First 1000 plus signatures turned in for Petition #43 the Oregon gun ban petition By Oregon Faith News Note, Three Oregon church leaders submitted the first 1000 signatures for a statewide imitative petition (petition #43) to ban assault rifles in Oregon and require current owners to register the ones they […]


March 28, 2018 - How cell phones impact our family, thinking

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Sandy, Oregon One of my favorite bloggers, Tim Challies, linked to a fascinating article in his daily A La Carte feature: Your smartphone is making you stupid, antisocial and unhealthy. So why can’t you put it down⁉ Here are some notable sections from it about […]


March 26, 2018 - Rethinking mission-mindset after amazing travels

By Corban University Salem, Oregon “How do you travel so much?” people often ask Sarah Seibert (’12). Anyone who casually follows Sarah on Instagram probably wonders the same thing. One minute, she’s in Kenya, gingerly grasping a dead chicken by its feet, which somehow isn’t incongruent with her flip-flops, colorful […]


March 23, 2018 - Faith Film ‘Imagine’ breaks top 5 record

I Can Only Imagine film breaks record By Oregon Faith News Note, The Film I can only Imagine was just released and in one week broke into the top five highest grossing faith-based films of the last 50 years. The film is based on the story of the Christian music […]


March 21, 2018 - 3 clergy start gun ban petition

By Faith News Note, Three Oregon clergy members have started a petition to ban certain rifles and hope to gather 88,000 signatures by mid-summer to qualify for the 2018 November ballot. W. J. Mark Knutson, pastor of Portland’s Augustana Lutheran Church in Portland told the Portland Tribune, “Now is the […]