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August 22, 2012 - Portland thrives with Jewish Hollywood talent

Oregon Faith News Note: Oregon Jewish Life magazine has just done a wonderful profile on the Portland Jewish Community and its connection to Hollywood. Carrie Brownstein from the series Portlandia lives in Portland and has been listed by Tablet magazine as one of the city’s best known Jews.” The popular […]


August 21, 2012 - Oregon seminary wrestles with clergy abuse

Oregon Faith News Note: In light of the recent Woodburn priest abuse case, The Oregonian’s Nancy Haught went to Oregon’s top seminary to inquire on how a priest training school tries to prevent and weed out problem priests. The Oregonian interviewed Mount Angel Seminary which trains most of the 150 […]


August 20, 2012 - Hundreds turn out for Love Portland

By Imago Dei Portland Church Several months ago, leadership from Imago Dei Community met with the city of Portland and asked the question, “What can we do to serve the city? Where is there a need?” The mayor’s office replied asking for help preparing Portland’s schools for the upcoming school […]


August 19, 2012 - Focus-on-Family blame shooting on liberal group

There was a terrible shooting at the Focus on the Family headquarters in Colorado this month. The shooter allegedly gave political rantings and had a dozen Chick-Fil-A sandwhiches in his car. The president of Focus on the Family, Tony Perkins, has blamed the Southern Poverty Law Center for making it […]


August 18, 2012 - Choosing "Unseduced" over "50 Shaeds of Grey"

New Book Challenges Women to Go Beyond ‘Shades of Grey’ Even as the cyprian trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey is quickly becoming one of the fastest-selling series in recent years, a surprising new book that challenges readers to choose dignity over desire is beginning to find an audience with women […]


August 17, 2012 - Religious liberty resolution passed by Knights of Columbus

Action follows messages from the pope, Cardinal Dolan, and president of Canadian Bishops Conference encouraging organization’s religious liberty work By Andrew T. Walther, Knights of Columbus, In response to recent threats to religious liberty, delegates to the 130th Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus passed a Resolution in Defense […]


August 16, 2012 - Woodburn Case: Priest abused then chased boy

Father Angel Armando Perez of St. Luke Catholic Church was arrested this week for sex abuse of a 12 year old boy. The details of the investigation involve the priest inviting the boy to spend the night to watch a movie where allegedly Armando abused the boy after serving him […]


August 15, 2012 - NW lawsuit targets religious concert monopoly

Lawsuit alleges monopoly on local Christian concerts By Christian News Northwest Subscribe A Vancouver, Wash., agency’s complaint against America’s biggest Christian broadcaster over alleged anti-competitive practices locally has garnered attention in national news.  ABC News last month reported that LMG Concerts has filed suit against Salem Communications — owner of […]


August 14, 2012 - Oregon man settles over Israel protest incident in Congress

By Faith News Note, A case has been settled between an Oregon Israel supporter and a Californian Palestinian supporter who got into a protest struggle in the gallery of U.S. Congress during an address by the visiting Prime Minister of Israel last year. Stanley Shulster of Ashland, was in the […]


August 13, 2012 - Heaven author critques "To Heaven and Back"

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministries, Sandy Oregon Author of Heaven In the previous blog I expressed concerns about some doctrines in the new bestselling book To Heaven and Back, by Mary Neal. This is my second and last article on this subject. It’s lengthy, but I think it’s important […]