Mormon influence, imagery runs deep through `Twilight’ By Angela Aleiss Religion News Serve LOS ANGELES (RNS) Ever since Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” began haunting the imagination in 1897, popular culture has identified Christian symbols—crucifixes, holy water, Communion wafers—as weapons to ward off a blood-thirsty vampire. The “Twilight” novels and film franchise […]

This Oregon church in Lebanon has a nifty idea. See video below (after the ad of course)

by Laura Conners By Holt International The road to bring Manel home from Haiti was a long one, but one we would travel again and again. After deciding that international adoption was the answer for us, Scott and I quickly chose Haiti. At first, we were leaning more toward Ethiopia […]

Georgene Rice of KPDQ-FM interviews Dale Fincher, co-author of “Coffee Shop Conversations: making the most of spiritual small talk”.  Dale and his wife Jonalyn speak and write through the organization Soulation. Georgene: A study done in 2008, released by the PEW Forum on religion and public life, notes the number of […]

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service (RNS) In many religious circles, the repeal of the military’s ban on openly gay members is considered practically a done deal. But Southern Baptists, who have many more active-duty military chaplains than any other denomination, are not giving up without a fight.  The […]

Family-Faith Review: Toy Story 3 By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Toy Story 3—A satisfying, action-packed conclusion to the “Toy Story” trilogy that offers valuable lessons in the importance of family, friendship, and destiny. Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), and the rest of the “Roundup Gang” consider […]

Family-Faith Film Review: Jonah Hex By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Jonah Hex—The popular DC Comics series springs to life with a bang as the title character, a Civil War soldier turned bounty hunter and drifter, seeks revenge on the man who killed his family and left him disfigured. […]

True Engagement Shouldn’t Be A Happy Accident By Dan Merchant NW Filmmaker Lord Save from Your Followers Before I embarked on the Lord, Save Us journey I didn’t have a long personal history of being particularly open about my faith. I hoped that actions would speak louder than words, and […]

Family-Faith Film Review: The Karate Kid By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting The Karate Kid—Stirring, satisfying update of the 1984 hit shifts the action to modern China, where an unassuming kung fu master (Jackie Chan) teaches an undersized American boy (Jaden Smith) how to confront a bully while imparting […]

By Paul Coughlin Oregon author of No More Christian Nice Guy If you ever went to Sunday school as a child, chances are you saw colorful illustrations of Jesus in action.  Remember those?  Healing the lame, feeding the five thousand—tremendous miracles performed by a white-robed Jesus with beautiful, long, brown […]