By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministries, Sandy Oregon Please visit his blog One of the great ironies of gambling is that the vast majority of people lose money, while the few who win discover money doesn’t make them happy—and often it actually ruins their lives! One study reported that “six […]

By Mercy Corp., ANKARA, TURKEY and PORTLAND, ORE. – The Turkish government has revoked Mercy Corps’ registration that allows us to operate in Turkey, forcing us to shut down our operations in Turkey, effective immediately. Our hearts are broken by this turn of events, which comes after five years of […]

By Faith News Note, Nearly a half hour into a Sunday service at a Portland church last month, an angry man stormed to the altar, clapping loudly, and ordered people to “Listen up!,” according to a KATU television report. He then spewed anti-homosexual rhetoric in front of the openly gay […]

Oregon Senate votes to end isolation punishment for youth SB 82 bans Oregon Youth Authority from placing youth in locked rooms alone By Oregon Senate Majority Office SALEM – Oregon Youth Authority would be required to stop using isolation as a punishment, under a bill passed  by the Oregon Senate. […]

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministries, Sandy Oregon Please visit his blog The movie The Shack¸ based on the novel with the same title by Paul Young, will release in March. By now you have likely seen previews of the movie. Of course, in what I share below, I’m only […]

By Oregon Veterans Association, A man posing as a combat veteran and widowed father has preyed upon the generosity of Portland area Christians by telling heartbreaking but entirely fictitious stories, according to a KGW investigation launched in December. The television station’s investigation found that Michele Bocci, 34, a slender man […]

By Tom Krattenmaker Award-winning Portland-based writer When it comes to our acceptance of other people, Jesus enlarged the circle. Love everyone, he taught. It’s encouraging to see this ethic holding up to some degree in a country where a culture of welcome has been one of our proudest hallmarks — […]

 By Catholic League for religious and civil rights In 1965, an animated Christmas special was aired, “Charlie Brown’s Christmas.” Peanuts character Linus quoted from Luke in the New Testament, “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a savior which is Christ the Lord. That’s what […]

From Samuel Metz, MD Portland, Oregon Soraya Deen is a nationally known speaker on interfaith dialogue and empowering women. The City Club of Portland event, described below, is one of several appearances in Oregon. Please see links below to find an event close to you.

By Multnomah University, Global studies major and Marketing Assistant Meghan Krause shares her perspective on this year’s Global Missions Conference.  Dr. Karen Fancher speaks at MU’s 77th annual Global Missions Conference. This past week, Multnomah hosted the 77th annual Global Ministries Conference, or GMC. The GMC’s slogan for this year […]