By Faith News Note: Portland Public Schools this month banned school choirs from singing at a Portland Catholic nature retreat called The Grotto.  A complaint from the Freedom from Religion Foundation said the venue was sending too much of a religious message and their letter triggered the ban.  Here are […]

There are over 130 marijuana businesses being created in Portland, more than can possible sustain the expected population according to experts. This will create a one-time frenzy and a significant reshaping of the industry over the next few seasons. KGW-TV reports on this in the video clip below.

By Faith News Note, Billy Graham has released his final book at a very noticeable age of 96 years old. The book is called “Where I am.  Heaven, Eternity and Our Lives Beyond”.   The book spends considerable amount of time on the subject of hell — surprise considering the numerous […]

By Oregon Faith News Note, 1. Dying student’s last act saves pastor’s daughter Pastor Randy Scoggins of New Beginnings Church of God told his congregation that his daughter, Lacey Scroggins, is alive today due to the heroic acts of a fellow student during the shooting. That student, Trevan Aunsbach, was […]

By Brain Eno Oregon Ministry Network Ministry flows best out of relationship. This principle is really true when it comes to ministering in your local school. Every school has its own policies and procedures; it’s our job to learn what those are and work within those parameters. While serving in […]

By Christian News Northwest Subscribe Did a Christian university here act appropriately in firing a faculty member for becoming pregnant out of wedlock? Coty Richardson, the faculty member, has her own strong opinion on it. So she’s suing Northwest Christian University for $650,000. As reported by both The Oregonian and […]

A Portland charter school teacher came under fire for giving her students an assignment that involved the B-word and N-word and the social debate around those words. View the KATU-2 news clip below.

There has been a lot of back and forth on the proposed Oregon Planned Parenthood hearings in Salem. Here is a quick breakdown of what happened and what both sides have said. By Faith News Note: In light of national news over Planned Parenthood videotapes and Congressional Hearings, 19 Oregon […]

By Tom Krattenmaker  Award-winning Portland-based writer Recent book: The Evangelicals you Don’t Know Tom’s article also featured on USA Today “Love is our mission.” So proclaims the promo language for the Catholic World Meeting of Families, which begins Sept. 22 in Philadelphia and will feature the most famous and well-loved […]

The movie Captive opens this weekend and tells a true story of a woman caught up in a hostage situation in her own home. See video below.