Lori’s Song: The True Story of an American Woman Held Captive in Iran Lori, an American married to an Iranian, had been working and living as an ordinary member of Iranian society for almost 4 years when she heard rumors that the U.S. was going to be attacked. That was […]

Faith-Family Film Review: Furry Vengeance By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting —Painfully flat comedy in which a Chicago-based construction supervisor (Brendan Fraser) moves to the Oregon woods to oversee a new housing development but finds his work stymied by a mischievous conspiracy of the forest creatures whose habitat the […]

Central Washington church meets needs of cowboys By Sheila Allen NW Baptist Convention, Witness Newsletter TOPPENISH, Wash. — Like any affinity group, cowboys have special needs that would benefit from a tailor-made ministry approach. Such a ministry has become a reality under the direction of Dave Shepard since he began […]

Legion Leader Hails Supreme Court Decision on Mojave Cross as Victory for Common Sense WASHINGTON, April 28  — The national commander of The American Legion today hailed the 5-4 decision of the Supreme court reversing a lower court decision that could have required the removal of a cross that has […]

Oregon Faith Report News Note: An Ashland family with two toddlers has raised an interesting question on how far reaching Oregon anti-discrimination housing laws go.  At the center of the debate is an Ashland family with kids who are renting out a cottage behind their house.  The law says they […]

New Catholic channel joins Comcast BOSTON — CatholicTV® (CatholicTV.com), America’s Catholic Television Network(TM), has announced that it has signed an affiliation agreement with Comcast Corporation, the nation’s leading provider of entertainment, information and communication services in the country.

No More Christian Nice Girl: When Just Being Nice-Instead of Good-Hurts You, Your Family, and Your Friends By Paul Coughlin, Oregon Author and Jennifer D. Degler, PhD Minneapolis, MN-Too often people, and women in particular, equate being Christian with being nice. As a result, they bend every which way trying […]

Tiananmen Square Leader Chai Ling Embraces Christian Faith and Freedom www.ChinaAid.org BOSTON, April 22 /Christian Newswire/ — More than 20 years ago, a young woman named Chai Ling mourned the death of political and economic reformer Hu Yaobang, a symbol of freedom and hope for the forward-thinking students of China. […]

Family-Faith Film Review: The Losers By Catholic Office for Film and Broadcasting The Losers—This slick action comedy about a unit of ex-special forces soldiers (Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Columbus Short and Oscar Jaenada) who are betrayed by a fiendish spymaster (Jason Patric) holds itself in much higher […]