Family-Faith Film Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting The penultimate film in the wildly successful franchise based on J.K. Rowling’s fantasy novels finds the Hogwarts trio — Harry (Daniel Radcliffe, of course), Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) — on the […]

Family-Faith Film Review: The Next Three Days By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Implausible, ethically dubious thriller about a Pittsburgh college professor (Russell Crowe) who decides to spring his wife (Elizabeth Banks) from a prison where she’s serving time for murder. Writer-director Paul Haggis embeds faulty moral logic inside […]

Gang-busting priest, Father Greg Boyle, visits Portland by Oregon Faith Report News Notes & Homeboy ministry press release excerpts, National known speaker, author, priest and and gang expert Father Greg Boyle is coming to Portland on December 14th to Madeleine Parish at 7pm. Father Greg Boyle is Executive Director of […]

Family-Faith Film Review: Unstoppable By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Unstoppable: This gripping suspense tale charts the efforts of a veteran rail engineer (Denzel Washington) and a novice conductor (Chris Pine) to stop a runaway train before it derails on a twisting stretch of track running through a densely […]

Sam Adams gun law gets religious support Below is letter signed by 11 area members of clergy to Portland Mayor Sam Adams.  See also Portland Mercury Article As leaders in Portland’s religious community, we write to offer support for efforts undertaken by Portland’s mayor to stem the tide of gun […]

Rescued Miner Joins Evangelist Luis Palau and Son Andrew for Historic Campaign in Chile — National festival reaches 145,000 people, including President Sebastian Piñera Luis Palau Ministries Beaverton, Oregon Santiago, Chile – In a nation marked by tragedy and suffering in the past several months, Chile Festival 2010 with world […]

Church Girls Gone…Mild? Paul Coughlin, Oregon author of No More Christian Nice Girls Pssst…come here…scoot over on the church pew so we can lean in close and whisper a personal question in your ear: “Are you ever-so-slightly tired of hearing Sunday school lessons and sermons lauding the gentle spirit of […]

New Tool for Calculating Church Staff Pay By Christianity Today CAROL STREAM, Ill., — One of the best resource books for determining church staff pay, The 2010-2011 Compensation Handbook for Church Staff, now offers a free easy to use tool to give staff a range of values that can be […]

Georgene Rice of KPDQ-FM interviews Brian Darling, Director of Senate Relations at The Heritage Foundation, discusses President Obama’s recent appearance on comedian Jon Stewart’s, The Daily Show. Georgene: This is the first sitting president to sit down with Jon Stewart’s Daily Show. I suppose this is a way to connect […]

Pedophile How-to Books on Amazon Should be Investigated WASHINGTON, — Recent reports that Amazon.com was selling a how-to book on pedophilia called “The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child-Lover’s Code of Conduct” has understandably caused an uproar among parents. Concerned Women for America (CWA) calls on the Department […]