Family-Faith Review: Gnomeo & Juliet By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Gnomeo & Juliet — William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy about star-crossed lovers morphs into a clever animated comedy as rival families of garden gnomes face off in a battle for backyard supremacy. It’s love at first ceramic clink for […]

Portland: Interfaith prayer vigil for Egypt Ecumenical Ministries, Interfaith community to hold vigil for peace in Egypt and the Middle East In response to the crisis in Egypt, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon (EMO)—in partnership with Muslim, Jewish, and Christian faith leaders and other interfaith and ecumenical organizations—is organizing an “Interfaith […]

NW student shares car crash, faith experience By Sheila Allen NW Baptist Convention GRESHAM, Ore. — The only warning before the tragic accident was a flash of light. Still nervous about leaving her Gresham, Ore., home, Marisa Benson had endured a long day of orientation at California Baptist University before […]

Eugene rights panel may rebuke Israel Guest Submission Oregon Israel supporters are angry over the Eugene City Human Rights Commission. The Commission has been working on a resolution criticizing Israel for the May 2010 flotilla raid. The resolution has been inspired by the AL-Nakba Awareness Project . – The AL-Nakba […]

Political Correctness stifles courage, creativity fby Rick Johnson Better Dads Ministry, Oregon Does political correctness stifle creativity and courage? A generation of youth has now been raised under the oppressive boot of political correctness. With few exceptions, nearly all movies made today are either sequels of existing hit movies, remakes […]

Georgene Rice of KPDQ-FM interviews, Maggie Gallagher, with the National Organization for Marriage in California. She discusses the Supreme Court’s recent decision to deny an appeal to the D.C. same-sex marriage decision. They discuss whether it was a procedural decision or if it goes to the merits of the question […]

Egypt revolution has Christians hiding, hoping for more liberty — Open Doors Co-Worker Says Violence Forcing Believers to Pray in Homes Instead of Churches SANTA ANA, Calif.—Christians in Egypt are hoping that the protests in the country will lead to more freedom for them, according to George, a church pastor […]

Family-Faith Film Review: Sanctum By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Sanctum — Shallow, morbid and profane action entry about a disastrous cave-diving expedition in the South Pacific led by a seasoned explorer (Richard Roxburgh) and including his teenage son (Rhys Wakefield) and the billionaire (Ioan Gruffudd) financing the operation. […]

Family-Faith Film Review: The Rite By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting The Rite — Religiously honorable, but aesthetically tentative drama, based on real events, about a skeptical seminarian (Colin O’Donoghue) who has pursued priestly studies mainly to get a free education and avoid following in the footsteps of his […]

Christian Super Bowl Ad gets rejected, creating confusion By Guest Opinion, Fox has rejected a Christian ad for Super Bowl weekend citing their policy against religious advocacy. It has been just a year since the religious Super Bowl ad policy was tested with Focus on the Family Tim Tebow ad […]