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October 14, 2013 - The NFL’s ethics problems

By Tom Krattenmaker  Award-winning Portland-based writer Recent book: The Evangelicals you Don’t Know – Article Also featured on..USA Today Pro football has a serious morality problem. I am not talking about promiscuous players or racist team nicknames. Nor am I referring to the obscene amounts of money changing hands between […]


October 11, 2013 - People see God in ‘Gravity’ film, breaks records

By Jacob Martin Oregon writer The movie “Gravity” is stirring a debate about religion nationwide and stirring box office sales at the same time. Gravity broke box office records for October with the highest grossing film of all time for the month with a hefty take of $55 million. The […]


October 9, 2013 - Suspense author to speak at Oregon Christian Writer event

Oregon Christian Writers Conference Spotlight on Brandilyn Collins One Day Speaker: October 12, 2013 An interview with Brandilyn Collins by Marilyn Rhoads. Q. Brandilyn, your first book, A Question of Innocence, landed you on local and national TV and radio. Was it a true story? A. Yes. In the middle […]


October 8, 2013 - 3 ft. tall speaker at Gala shows limitless courage

By Holt International Eugene based adoption organization “I’m proud that my parents chose to not see my limitations, but my potential, and chose me to be part of their family,” shared Holt adoptee and staff member Jordan Love at last weekend’s Holt gala and auction in New Jersey. All proceeds […]


October 7, 2013 - OSU debate: Jesus & Buddha

By Oregon State University Socratic Club The first Socratic debate of the new academic year will be held on Wednesday, October 9th at 7 p.m. in Milam Auditorium on the OSU campus. The topic is “Buddhism and the Teachings of Jesus: Two Perspectives.” The speakers are Prabhu Guptara and James […]


October 6, 2013 - Catholic bashing restaurant finds fans

  By Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights Bill Donohue comments on the reaction of a gay group, the New Civil Rights Movement, to a Chicago eatery that is featuring a hamburger topped with a Communion wafer: Five years ago we protested the desecration of a Communion Host by […]


October 4, 2013 - Fox News host unquotes Jesus

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly has made two best selling history books on the death of famous people – John Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln. Now O”Reilly sets his sights on his latest book, Killing Jesus, which aims to share what we know and do not know about how Jesus Christ […]


October 2, 2013 - Teen births hit record lows.

By National Conference of State Legislatures, Introduction In 2011, teen birth rates reached record lows. However, teen pregnancy, abortion and birth rates in the United States for teens between the ages of 15 and 19 remain among the highest in the industrialized world. Three in 10 girls will be pregnant […]


September 30, 2013 - Eugene helps Ethiopia build kids hospital

By Holt International Eugene based charity On Monday morning, the community of Eugene, Oregon rallied to fill two shipping containers full of donated medical equipment, and get those containers traveling toward Shinshicho, Ethiopia, where Holt is helping to build a maternal-child hospital. Check out some of the stories from local […]


September 28, 2013 - Priest website gets makeover

Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, Portland, Oregon Catholic Speaker & Founder of Dynamic Deacon Check out the new look for the Vocation Boom! website, voted the number one vocation website by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops! If you or someone you know or love is thinking about the priesthood, this […]