State Representative Bruce Hanna Oregon House co-speaker Newletter January Focus: Human Trafficking PreventionRep. Bruce Hanna Representative Bruce Hanna: Human Trafficking Prevention January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. I wish raising awareness about this issue was not necessary, but that’s simply not the case. The reality is a […]

Teachers as Ministers By Barran Liebman, Oregon law firm The U.S. Supreme Court in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC, held that the “ministerial exception” bars a school teacher from bringing employment discrimination claims against her religious employer. The Court’s ruling clearly grants religious institutions the freedom to […]

By Oregon State Socratic Club Oregon State University Student Club The Socratic Club at OSU will sponsor a debate on the topic, “The Influence of Christianity on Latin America: Beneficial or Destructive?” on Monday, January 23, in Milam Auditorium (Milam 26) on the OSU campus, at 7:30 p.m. The speakers […]

The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has completed a large nationwide survey of 1,000 Mormons called “Mormons in America”. It is the largest such survey of a non-LDS organization.  Read the full report here.  Below are three chart excerpts below.

Celebrating Heroes: Oregon Pearl Harbor Survivor  Guest Submission, He wasn’t big. He wasn’t strong. He wasn’t looking for glory in battle. Ed Johann of Newport, Oregon, considers himself a rather unremarkable guy who found himself in the middle of one of the most remarkable events in American military history. On […]

By Compassion Connect Fairview, Oregon Note: Written by By Erin Bruzda (Adapted and expanded from Shelly’s Story by Starla Brown.)Posted in Blog, Adorned in Grace, Abolition Now.   Material below deals with adult subject matter. Her Story: Before her 10th birthday, Shelly’s happy family was ripped apart by her father’s […]

By Oregon Christian Post, Washington state Governor Chris Gregoire has introduced a ballot measure about same-sex marriage, but an attorney in Everett, Wash., is fighting back. Stephen Pidgeon wants to clarify the definition of marriage as being between one man and one woman. Washington’s current statutory language defines marriage as […]

The Ultimate green chruch: Salem, St. Vincent’s Faith News Note: Houses of worship have budgets too, and a church in Salem has been happy to save on its heating costs by installing solar panels.   According to the Salem Statesman Journal, St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church expects to save […]

The Tebow Ad sequel that Focus on the Family did (that most people missed) Last year, Focus on the Family did an Ad during the Super Bowl featuring Tim Tebow and Tebow’s mother that created a media firestorm. The Focus on the Family TV ad rode the wave buzz and […]

By  Portland Rescue Mission Portland Rescue Mission will provide more than 145 men a warm, safe place to sleep tonight. Due to freezing temperatures combined with rain and snow the Mission will further expand their winter shelter by providing mats in the lobby of their Burnside Shelter (111 W. Burnside). The […]