There is power in the collaborative context Compassion Connect On a recent sizzling Saturday in early August, more than 325 volunteers representing at least 25 North Portland churches came together in an outstanding display of care for our community for the first ever Compassion North Portland event. Working together on […]

Gerald Katchmer is charged with using social media to solicit sexually-explicit material from a minor By Oregon Attorney General The Oregon Department of Justice today announced the arrest and arraignment of a Florida man charged with using the internet to solicit sexually-explicit material from a minor. “The Oregon Department of […]

God Particle-Religion Fires Back Recently the scientists at CERN (European Laboratory for Particle Physics) ignited fireworks around the world with the announcement of the discovery of the Higgs boson, a.k.a., the God Particle. Congratulations are in order for Professor Peter Higgs and the thousands of scientist around the world who […]

During performances, Russian gymnast Kseniia Afanaseva, would place a picture of her patron Arthodox Saint next to the gym mat.

 Rick Warren cancels Presidential Forum repeat Oregon Faith News Note: Rick Warren has canceled plans for second presidential candidate forum to follow in the footsteps of the 2008 forum which featured both candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. The reason cited was uncivil discourse among both the Obama and Romney […]

Oregon judge rules on priest employment case By Oregon Faith News Note: An Oregon judge has ruled this week on an important and widely watched case over the employee relationship of local priests to the Vatican. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Mosman ruled that priests were not employees of the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]