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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 […]



August 12, 2012 - Olympics: Honoring pastor team volunteers

Oregon Faith News Note: The Olympics does not officially have a pastor team. Instead it is a team of several hundred volunteers from diverse denominations that work together to meet the spiritual needs of the mass agthering of people brought on by the Olympics. The Corvallis Gazette Reports: Roaming London’s […]


August 11, 2012 - Six Ways to Get People Back to Church

Congregations Fire Up Steps to Invite Family, Friends, Neighbors and Co-Workers to National Back to Church Sunday on Sept. 16 By Back to Church.com   In what is becoming a national movement to help ignite a spiritual awakening in America, more than 14,000 churches are expected to invite people to […]


August 10, 2012 - City pressed to remove cross from their logo

Catholic League for religious and civil rights Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on efforts by atheists from Wisconsin to intimidate officials from Steubenville, Ohio into banning a proposed new city logo that includes a chapel and a cross; the symbols represent the Franciscan University of Steubenville: Nothing scares atheists […]