By Guest Opinion, Pete Seda, a former peace activist from Ashland, Ore., is about to go to jail. Seda has been convicted of using his charitable foundation to smuggle $150,000 out of the country to Saudi Arabia and then covering it up with a false tax return. He is due […]

Oregon Medical Marijuana: Haven for other states By Oregon Faith News Note: The Oregonian ran a fascinating front page article about Oregon attracting out of state people who come to Oregon to get their medical marijuana cards. Records show that over 500 people from other states have registered Oregon medical […]

The Institute for the Theology of Culture: New Wine, New Wineskins Oregon ministry Gender conference What does it mean to be a man? What does it mean to be a woman? Does it even matter? How do these questions bear upon topics such as how we work together in society […]

Georgene Rice interviews Dan Hollar, Director of Communications with Heritage Action for America,  to discuss the conservative opposition to the anti-piracy bills.                          Georgene: Search engines went dark to protest the anti-piracy bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA). The two bills, strongly backed by the […]

Jesuits Offer a Spiritual Addition During Upcoming Lenten Period of Abstinence In just a few days, Catholics across America will begin the Lenten season, a 40-day period of prayerful reflection and, for many, a time of fasting and temporary denial of chocolate, wine or Starbucks.  While there’s no empirical data […]

‘The Vow’ Tops Times Best-Seller List; Joins Three Other Faith-Based Books The Vow, Kim and Krickitt Carpenter’s amazing, true story of faith and commitment and the inspiration behind the No. 1 movie in the country, topped the New York Times non-fiction best-seller list in its first week of re-release. From […]

From the book “Our Stories, God’s Glory“ A collection of real life inspiration stories from Oregonians How about your story? Be a part of 1,000 Oregonians sharing their story click here.  Rebecca & Mike Beaverton, Oregon I hate road trips and I was eight months pregnant, so what in the […]

By Faith News Note: Jamal Tarhuni is a Tigard man who went to Libya for a humanitarian trip for several months. He went with Medical teams International. Upon his return he was stopped in Tunisia by FBI and was interrogated — including a lie detector test and being asked to […]

Oregon Faith News Note: Oregon’s only Jewish newspaper has officially closed after an amazing 53 years of serving the Oregon Jewish Community. The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland cited economic reasons for closing the newspaper and plans to use the $100,000 in savings for other projects. Oregon’s top gay newspaper, […]

ChristianMingle.com Poll Shows 55 Percent of Christian Singles Believe in Love at First Sight By Christian Mingle A recent Valentine’s Day poll conducted by ChristianMingle.com, the largest and fastest growing online community for Christian singles, revealed 55 percent of Christian singles believe in love at first sight. Twenty-four percent said […]