Kohl’s Black Friday Ad quite shameless, tasteless By Guest Opinion, There is a lot to love and loathe about America’ shopping obsession on Black Friday.  Kohl’s 2011 Black Friday Ad wallows in all the negative stereotypes, possibly as a parody or button pushing to gin up more sales.   Nonetheless, the […]

By Andrew Palau, Luis Palau Minstries Beaverton, Oregon I’m taking a few classes at Multnomah Biblical Seminary, and a couple of weeks ago I had to take a personality type test. The assignment was meant to be a sort of “spiritual health check.” When I received the results, I was […]

Governor Halts Execution: Below is Text of Gov. John Kitzhaber’s Speech on reprieve of upcoming death penalty case as provided by Governor’s office. (Salem, OR) –Governor Kitzhaber released the following statement today:“Under Article V, section 14, of the Oregon Constitution, I am exercising my authority as Governor to issue a […]

Below is a video of the story of the St. Mary of the Valley Catholic Church in Monroe Washington which had their 100-year old bell stolen. The video also highlights the Boy Scout who aims to build hope out of the loss.

Local layman, David Renshaw, was recently featured in the national catholic journal for his work with Real Catholic Mens  Ministry.  His summer mens conference drew 300 attendees.    Here is an excerpt from Our Sunday Visitor article on David Renshaw: “David Renshaw is executive director of Real Catholic Men, which puts […]

Below is a transcript from a Georgene Rice KPDQ-FM interview with Beth Felker Jones, Assistant Professor of Theology at Wheaton College and author of “Touched by a Vampire: Discovering the Hidden Messages in the Twilight Saga”. [Please take an Oregon Faith survey on Twilight here] Georgene: I know when the […]

Jimmy Carter tries to rally liberal Baptists Institute on Religion and Democracy Seeking to provide “an alternative voice to more strident Baptist voices,” a group of liberal Baptists convened by former President Jimmy Carter is meeting this week in Atlanta, Georgia and at remote viewing sites in several cities. The […]

Penn State Coach Joe Paterno was recently fired as head football coach. The video below shows when a crowd of supporters flocked to Paterno’s house. Paterno tries to rally school spirit and then makes a most unexpected request to pray for the victims of child abuse. The video went viral […]

Donations up 5% — despite recession The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) announced today that cash charitable giving to ECFA members continues to be very strong, totaling $9.38 billion last year, a 5.8 percent increase from the 2009 level of $8.87 billion. “It […]

Dead Man Walking author & Rabbi speaks at UofO Oregon Faith News Note: The University of Oregon hosted a nationally known death-penalty opponent, Sister Helen Prejean, who is a prominent author of which the movie Dead Man Walking is based upon. Sister Helen Prejean was joined by Rabbi Will Berkovitz […]