Family-Faith Film Review: Paul By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Paul — Aggressively, though illogically, anti-religious satire from director Greg Mottola in which two sci-fi-loving British visitors to the United States (Simon Pegg and Nick Frost) help the alien of the title (voice of Seth Rogen) escape government custody. […]

Family-Faith Film review: Limitless By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Limitless: This bluntly cynical thriller, based on Alan Glynn’s 2001 novel “The Dark Fields,” has an uninspired novelist (Bradley Cooper), aided by a secretive mind-enhancing pill, finding his focus, conquering the stock market and getting away, literally, with murder. […]

Medical Teams International Responds To Need In Japan By Medical Team International (PORTLAND, Ore., March 16, 2011)—Medical Teams International is working with four partners in Japan to help save lives following Friday’s deadly earthquake and tsunami. Immediately, the agency is helping partners truck in safe drinking water to areas affected […]

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Sandy, Oregon As I’m sure many of you are, Nanci and I have been burdened for the people of Japan. We’ve been praying for people there, especially the believers, that the gospel could be spread in the midst of devastation. With so many heartbreaking […]

Prayer at City Council Meeting stirs controversy By Oregon Christian Post, At the February 22, 2011, Damascus City council meeting, officials took public comment on whether to include an invocation at the beginning of each meeting. About 20 residents offered opinions from both sides of the issue.  The issue was […]

100 Yr. old church secret discovered in Eugene Oregon Faith News Note: The Eugene First Christian Church had no idea that a 100 year old time capsule was hidden in a granite cornerstone. The church was preparing for their hundred year anniversary and came upon a newspaper article from the […]

Georgene Rice interviews Dr. Keith Swenson & Professor Michael Gurney from Multnomah University to discuss why the creation/evolution debate is important to our approach to the Christian faith.  Georgene: In his blog, Dr. Albert Mohler writes, “The BioLogos Foundation argues it is essential for the Evangelical church to embrace the theory […]

Christian Writers Guild Acquires Sally Stuart’s Christian Writers’ Market Guide COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — As of March 1, the Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild will have acquired “Sally Stuart’s Christian Writers Market Guide,” the annual comprehensive resource guide offering up-to-date information on the Christian publishing industry. Stuart’s annual publication, […]

Two new Bible translations (revisions) are out — The New American Bible and the New International Version Bible. Both were released at the start of the Christian Lent season on Ash Wednesday. The NBC News story shows many verse by verse translation changes to update it to modern American understandings. […]

Family-Faith Film Review: Mars Needs Moms By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Mars Needs Moms — Endearing but frequently scary 3D-animated adventure about a 9-year-old boy (Seth Green) who comes to appreciate the love his mother (Joan Cusack) has for him after she is kidnapped by Martians and he […]