By Oregon Faith News Note, Oregon state Rep. Mitch Greenlick (D-Portland) plans to introduce a bill proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the death penalty and substitute life in prison without possibility of parole. If the legislators pass the bill, Oregonians would then vote on the amendment in the 2014 […]

By Paul Louis Metzger Multnomah University Professor New Wine Skins Ministry You may have come across statements to the effect that the apocalypse is at hand given the election results. You may have heard similar statements from those whose candidates won, if they had lost. It certainly makes me wonder […]

A local Hillsboro church is doing something unique by hosting services designed for sex offenders and their recovery. The problem is that the church is located next to a school and has some parents worried. Watch the video below.

  By Catholic League for Religious and civil rights One of the most famous atheists in American history, Paul Kurtz, died last month at age 86. While not religion-friendly, he was by no means a hater. Indeed, he hated what he called “angry atheists,” the kind we see with increasing […]

By Holt International Eugene based chairty  Shila Ann Henderson is the mother of 10 children, five adopted through Holt, three of whom came home after the age of five. “Some people think it’s too late for older children to be adopted, especially kids who have always been waiting,” says Shila. […]

New Children’s Book by 9/11 Survivors Asks, ‘What if Jesus Were a New York City Firefighter?’ By Martin E. Coleman, VICO Publishing, More than a decade since September 11, 2001, parents and educators seek ways to explain 9/11 to children, many of whom were not even born that day, while […]

By Melanie Kirkpatrick, Senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and author of “Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia’s Underground Railroad” It is hard to imagine America’s favorite holiday as a source of political controversy. But that was the case in 1789, the year of our first Thanksgiving […]

  By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministries, Sandy Oregon Author of Heaven The Shack spent 50 weeks at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, has sold 18 million copies, and has been translated into 41 languages. November 13 marks the release of another book by the same author, called Crossroads. […]

Excerpt from Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life report “Nones” on the rise. Some Evidence of Decline in Religious Commitment in the U.S. Public The continued growth of the religiously unaffiliated is one of several indicators suggesting that the U.S. public gradually may be growing less religious. To be […]

By Holt International Eugene based chairty ADVOCACY ALERT: If Congress does not act to extend the federal adoption tax credit this year, the credit as we now know it will expire on December 31, 2012. If no action is taken, families who adopt internationally will receive no benefit at all! […]