By Kari Patterson, Oregon blogger KariPatterson.com Today marks three years of investing time into this peculiar little sphere of space I call my blog.  I remember so vividly, one afternoon in July of 2007 when Jeff suggested starting a blog, so that I’d have the motivation to keep up the […]

Rick Johnson Better Dads Ministry Oregon I was recently asked to speak at a large men’s conference. Besides speaking from the main stage I was scheduled to give two breakout sessions as well. One of the breakout sessions was on the topic of my newest book, Becoming Your Spouse’s Better […]

Can Hands-On Prayer Help Heal? THURSDAY, Aug. 5 (HealthDay News) — An older Mozambican woman named Maryam could not see two fingers held up just one foot in front of her when she arrived for a Pentecostal prayer intervention in her village. Nor could she see an eye chart from […]

Things I Wish I’d Known Before We Got Married — No. 1 NYT Bestselling Author Gary Chapman’s Newest Book Helps Starting Marriages Last—Starting Sept. 1 CHICAGO—The honeymoon is so over. “In love” is in remission; sex falls short; and toilets don’t clean themselves. “Surely,” say couples at this point, “this […]

8 Million Americans Leave Church Annually, ‘reDiscover Church’ Booklets Invite Them Back Great Tool for National ‘Back To Church Sunday’ VISTA, Calif.—The church in the United States is in a general state of decline, with fewer than one in five Americans attending on a regular basis and almost 8 million—150,000 […]

An Oregon Church got a $70,000 bill from the State of Oregon because part of their land slid into the highway. If only we had faith to move mountains back into place, ti could have saved this Oregon church a lot of money.

By Portland Archdiocese, The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) has awarded two local programs national grants totaling $75,000. The Archdiocese of Portland announced local CCHD grants in May with four programs awarded a total of $20,000. The Catholic Campaign for Human Development is supported by a collection taken annually […]

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Sandy, Oregon A Prayer for Christopher Hitchens Christopher HitchensI have read outspoken atheist Christopher Hitchens, listened to his debates, and attended a debate he was part of. I marveled that there are some Christians he seems to respect, while radically disagreeing with them. I […]

By JOHN FORTMEYER, CNNW publisher Christian News Northwest, Subscriptions CANBY— Financial struggles are bringing to an end a Christian camp ministry well known to many generations in this part of the Northwest. The leadership of Canby Grove Conference Center decided last month that the 82-year-old non-profit camp on the Molalla […]

Authors Call New Vatican Norms for Abuse Cases Important Step HUNTINGTON, Indiana, July 16 /Christian Newswire/ — Newly released revisions to Catholic Church law will streamline the handling of clergy sex abuse cases, and underscore Pope Benedict XVI’s resolve to institute necessary reforms, according to authors of a recent book […]