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.

It has made front page news all last week about Oregon County Judge Vance Day who is under an investigation over several issues including the issue of same sex marriage. Judge Vance Day spoke before KATU-2 “Your Voice, Your Vote” this weekend to answer those questions.

By Paul Louis Metzger professor at Mutnomah Biblical Seminary I wish Fox News could have been at the Muslim wedding celebration we attended Friday. There would have been nothing sensational to report, only something very normal and wholesome. That’s what made it newsworthy. Many Westerners view Muslims as terrorists. While […]

From the makers of Flywheel, Fireproof and Courageous, now comes a new film called “The War Room”. It is about teh power of prayer. See clip below.

2015 Volunteer Expo, The Standard Launches New Storytelling Project Profiling Oregon Volunteers New #MyVolunteerStory video booth at The Standard’s Sept. 10 Volunteer Expo gives Portlanders a chance to share why they volunteer Tomorrow, Oregon’s largest and longest running volunteer expo returns to Pioneer Courthouse Square for its seventh consecutive year. […]

Nation spotlight on Oregon ‘marriage’ judge By Faith News Note: The story of the Oregon judge, Vance Day, has gone beyond state headlines into national media attention with the story being picked up on CBS News, New York Daily News, Newsmax, The Examiner and more. Marion County Circuit Court Judge […]

By George Fox University George Fox University closes campus for day so 1,900-plus students, staff can serve communities University’s 17th annual Serve Day on Sept. 9 will assist organizations, churches and elderly in Yamhill, Clackamas, Marion, Washington and Multnomah counties For a 17th straight year, George Fox University is closing […]

Bill Donohue comments on the Pew Research Center survey of Catholics: In terms of methodological precision, the Pew Research Center has no rival. Its latest survey is no exception: it offers an in-depth picture of Catholics. But its decision to examine those who are no longer Catholic, or never were, […]

Those who claim they are religiously unaffiliated continue to trend upwards with the latest data showing 22% of Americans fit this category according to the Public Religion Research Institute.  When analyzing cities Portland ranks at the #1 spot.