Below is an excerpt from an exceptional article from Church of God Ministries “Christmas in July: Oregon Church Spreads Cheer at this Time of Year” By Carl Stagner, Church of God Ministries website “Neither Hobby Lobby nor Hallmark came up with it, and it doesn’t have anything to do with […]

University of Portland News Article Excerpt. July 27, 2023 An undergraduate researcher started to ask questions about the experiences of Japanese Americans after their incarceration on US soil during WWII. These “stories of return” are largely missing from the history books. She decided to do something about that. Story by Marie […]

By Oregon Faith News Note, Human trafficking has been in the spotlight recently.  Not examples involve children or people being groomed.  As in a recent court case, sometimes it is outright kidnapping and holding people against their will.   It is a good example at how it happens and how one […]

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry   Note from Randy: This is a sobering and important article from The Gospel Coalition’s Joe Carter, explaining how social media is causing our children to suffer, and encouraging parents to be proactive in protecting their children. (And it’s not just children who are […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Oregon Governor Tina Kotek did a great this week. Kotek used her budget veto to strip out a portion of a spending bill (SB 5506) that allocated $500,000 of tax dollars to OHSU to study legalizing prostitution. Kotek also vetoed the portion where $100,000 would […]

By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and Senate colleagues have reintroduced legislation that would support immigrants and refugees overcome common obstacles to naturalization, including language barriers and challenges navigating the search for employment. “The naturalization process shouldn’t be confusing for folks trying to achieve the American dream,” […]

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry In his 1982 book I Believe in Preaching, John Stott wrote these prophetic words: It is difficult to imagine the world in the year 2000, by which time versatile microprocessors are likely to be as common as simple calculators are today. [This will lead […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, In rural Southern Oregon, Josephine County commissioners voted 2-1 to cut funding to Oregon State University’s Extension Program after more than a century of providing financial support, threatening the future of 4-H, gardening, and other programs.   Commissioners pulled the funding because of what […]

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry ’ll never forget when I was a young pastor, and we invited Portland’s first and then only crisis pregnancy center to do a presentation at Good Shepherd Community Church. At the time, there were Catholic birthright centers, but only a dozen or so of […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, The first of a proposed six city-sanctioned homeless camp is expected to open at Southeast Gideon Street and 13th Place in Southeast Portland by August, providing large-scale temporary camping sites. The encampment is expected to provide safe sleeping shelter for about 200 people in […]