The OSU Socratic Club will sponsor a debate on the topic, “Euthanasia:  A Good Death?” on Monday, November 16, at 7 p.m. in Gilfillan Auditorium on the OSU campus.  The speakers are Jerome Wernow and Lani Roberts. Euthanasia poses a moral dilemma that stands at the forefront of contemporary discussion […]

By Traci Scot, Oregon Faith Reporter It was mixed results for two highly-touted gay-rights measures in states on opposite ends of the country. In Washington, voters approved Referendum 71, also referred to as the “everything but marriage” law, which expands rights for domestic partners.  It was the first time any […]

Oregon Muslim, Evan Wicks, interview on KATU-TV: “Islam condemns something like this under any circumstances.   I understand their anger, but they’re angry at something they don’t understand, Not all Muslims believe the same and my interpretation of Islam is under no circumstances, under no pretenses, is violence against innocence allowed. […]

CINCINNATI, Ohio,  — By all accounts, the murdered Catholic Nun in New Mexico was worried about crime and her safety; she was killed on October 31st and her killer(s) are still at large.  “It is very sad to see another incident occur in the Christian community and another life lost. […]

Faith-Family Film Rview: A Christmas Carol by Catholic Office  for Film and Broadcasting A Christmas Carol—Lavish, well-crafted but frequently eerie 3-D animated adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic 1843 novella in which miserly misanthrope Ebenezer Scrooge (voice of Jim Carrey) is urged to change his ways by the tortured specter of […]

Faith and Family Film Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting The Men Who Stare at Goats—Fact-based satire, set during the early stages of the Iraq War, in which an eccentric military veteran (George Clooney) regales a reporter (Ewan McGregor) with the history […]

Question of the Week: By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministries Sandy Oregon Do you believe that everyone should live modestly? (Would that be $30,000 per year, or $50,000, or $100,000, or…?) How do you measure this? Should everyone have the same amount, or are some called to wealth and others […]

Respect Life is theme of the Tobin Lecture Portland Archdiocese, Respect for life will be the theme for this year’s Tobin Lecture on Saturday, November 14 at All Saints Church (3847 NE Glisan) in Portland.  The program will run from 9:30 am until noon.  Keynote speaker will be Clarence Pugh, […]

The makers of the popular hit independent movies, Facing the Giants and  Fireproof, are slowly announcing their fourth film.  Fireproof went on to make $33 million at the box office. Christian Today reports, “Movie-making church ministry Sherwood Pictures will be announcing the title and story line of its next movie […]

Land Swap Proposed for Old Rajneeshee Commune By Oregon Faith Report, A Christian-based summer camp run by Young Life is working with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on a land swap that incorporates a former site of the Rajneeshee commune.  The land exchange is part of a federal effort […]