By David Gellernter Author of “America-Lite,” Presidential elections are America’s season for serious chats around the national dinner table. The sick economy, health care and the scope of government are the main issues. But another is even more important. Who are we? What is the United States? Recently Gov. Mitt […]

FREE MEALS AVAILABLE AT CATHOLIC CHARITIES SUN SITES THROUGH SUMMER — School may be out for the summer, but students can still get free summer meals starting today By Oregon Catholic Charities, To ensure no children go hungry during summer vacation, Catholic Charities Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) Community Schools will […]

Oregon underchurched, yet over-pastored? By Guest Opinion Does Oregon really have seven times as many clergymen per capita than the U.S. average? Preliminary statistics released last year by the Bureau of Labor Statistics seemed to indicate that, even though the Northwest is famously unchurched. If the statistics were accurate, than […]

Sometimes Oregon seems like a young state, other times, like the celebration of the 160th anniversary of the Salem First Congregational United Church of Christ we are reminded of Oregon’s rich and long historical part. From Statesman Journal, “The First Congregational United Church of Christ, 700 Marion St. NE, celebrated […]

Brian Eno Director of Next Generation Ministries Oregon Ministry Network [Excerpt]…Fuller Youth Institute suggests that around 45% of students from church youth ministries toss their faith aside when they get to college. FYI describes this kind of faith like a jacket, they say, “It’s easy to take on or off […]

Jackie Christian Beaverton, Oregon To a ballerina, there is only one thing worse than falling, and this is to stop altogether. It is drilled into us, “If anything goes wrong. get up and keep going.” Fortunately, this had never been an issue for me. Not, however, until I went to […]

By Bright Hope, Bright Hope’s church partners in Cuba held their first outdoor evangelistic meeting in recent history with 10,000 people reported in attendance. Crowds from the city of Santa Lucia located in the district of Rafael Freyre in the Holguín Province of Cuba overflowed the large public square. The […]

By Guest Opinion, Catholic Schools are seeing a turnaround across the nation and also in Oregon (see article Salem Catholic school triples.). Belwo is an article from the Wall Street Journal on the impact that vouchers have on rising enrollment in Catholic schools. “For the first time in decades, Catholic […]

The student-athletes arrive in Silti and get the “welcome” of a lifetime. By Robin Munro, Senior Writer Holt International This week Holt Senior Writer Robin Munro joins 14 Oregon State University (OSU) athletes traveling to Silti, Ethiopia. On this exciting trip, the athletes — volunteers with OSU’s Beavers Without Borders […]

By Guest Contributor, (CNN interview posted below) Atheist blogger Leah Libresco surprised her skeptic community when she announced a new article entitled “This is my last post for the Patheos Atheist Portal.” In her article she shares on how she wrestled as an atheist over the issue of morality and […]