Gresham pastor authors book to end the discipleship deadlock By Guest Opinion Pastor Dr. James Devine is a Gresham pastor who just authored a new book “Last Words: Make Disciples!” to help others who stumble on Christ’s great commandment to go into the world and make disciples. It is at […]

Erik Ogren, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, The Billy Graham Rapid Response Team is in Colorado and New Mexico as wildfires continue to torch large swaths of the nation’s west. Chaplains are currently offering emotional and spiritual care in the Ruidoso/Capitan area of New Mexico, and in the Fort Collins area […]

By Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights Yesterday, Israel’s Holocaust Museum, Yad Vashem, amended the wording of its text on Pope Pius XII. It now acknowledges the pope’s Christmas radio address in 1942 where the Holy Father called attention to the “hundreds of thousands of persons, who, without any […]

by Paul Louis Metzger Consuming Jesus Professor Multnomah University The late Rodney King’s famous five words will stick with us for a long time: “Can we all get along?” He uttered these words in a public statement during the LA Riots, riots which were sparked by his savage beating by […]

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 […]