By JOHN FORTMEYER, Christian News Northwest, Subscriptions SALEM — The rough and tumble world of politics has gotten way too much that way, and it is time for a dramatic change and it could start in Oregon, Rev. Tony Campolo told a state legislative prayer event last month.  “It’s time […]

Oregon Faith News Note: Notre Dame Professor David Campbell and author of “American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us” recently spoke at a Pew Forum and Religion & Public LIfe event talking about the role of religion in American life. David Campbell featured this graph on weekly attendance rates […]

New ideas on the Evolution-Creation debate By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Sandy, Oregon Last year I led a group of men in a study of Francis Schaeffer’s classic Genesis in Space and Time, and Lee Strobel’s excellent The Case for a Creator. It is vital that we be aware […]

MTV Skins Sex doesn’t sell after all MTV Skins sinks By Beaver State Believer Oregon writer, MTV new highly controversial show Skins is reeling in bad news.   The new show, Skins, has been under fire for underage sexuality and drug exploitation.   The latest week viewer ratings show that Skins’ second […]

Angry Young Men by Rick Johnson from Better Dads Minsitries, Oregon Ever notice we have a lot of angry young men running around today? One of the reasons is that our boys today have a certain amount of repressed anger. It results in more bullying in school, but also in […]

At 40 and she adopting twins? She’s crazy by Jane Ballback Holt International Based in Eugene, Oregon [Are you crazy?] My friends were too polite to say that to me, but I am often asked why I adopted twins? There are several good reasons for that. The idea first came […]

Family-Faith Review: The Mechanic By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting The Mechanic 00 This violence-fueled remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson thriller focuses on the relationship between a crack assassin-for-hire (Jason Statham) and the ne’er-do-well son (Ben Foster) of his murdered mentor (Donald Sutherland), whom he takes on as […]

Family-Faith Film Review: No Strings Attached By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting No Strings Attached– Morally unmoored relationship comedy about a commitment-averse doctor (Natalie Portman) and a romantically disillusioned TV producer (Ashton Kutcher) who agree to an emotionless sexual arrangement, only to find their feelings for each other getting […]

Family-Faith Film Review: The Way Back By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting The Way Back — Inspirational, partly fact-based portrayal of a 4,000-mile trek by escaped prisoners from a Russian gulag to political asylum in India. Director and co-writer Peter Weir’s superbly made drama sees an ensemble of skilled […]

By World Vision, World Vision applauds today’s action by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, upholding our legally protected practice of hiring people who share the same faith. The court rejected a petition to re-hear a case involving three former employees terminated in 2007 because, after several […]