Holt Chairman, Will Dantzler remembers his childhood as he connects with the children in Ethiopia By Holt International Will Dantzler with a child in KampataSomething happened to me as I hugged and kissed the children at Holt’s Durame intake center in Ethiopia. Walls that had shielded me from dwelling on […]

WHAT DOES AUTHENTIC MANHOOD LOOK LIKE? By Rick Johnson, Better Dads Ministry What does a real man look like? How does he live his life? Rick Johnson explores these ideas and more in his new book, The Power of a Man: Using Your Influence as a Man of Character. Johnson […]

By Jeannie St. John Taylor Oregon author: You Wouldn’t Love Me if You Knew Bernie Madoff got caught perpetrating a fifty billion dollar fraud. People lost life savings; retirements faltered; elderly formerly-wealthy investors moved in with children; even a few charities closed down. Terrible. We know he’s aware people despise […]

By Paul Coughlin Oregon author of No More Christian Nice Guy We begin here with excerpts from Paul Coughlin’s new book, Unleashing Courageous Faith: The Hidden Power of a Man’s Soul (Bethany House, March 2009). When I joke during men’s conferences that my cairn terrier, Haggis McStitch, has taught me […]

Weekend National News Focus: PHOENIX, Mar. 6 /Christian Newswire/ — A self-proclaimed “stick-and-ball” kind of guy, Tim Griffin was a stranger to the world of NASCAR racing before joining the ranks of his colleagues at Motor Racing Outreach (MRO) ten years ago. The five chaplains of Motor Racing Outreach, a […]

By Dennis Smirl, Review with a faith perspective, The movie stars Jennifer Anniston. She never disappoints. This is about many different couples- some married, some dating, some shacking- who are trying to figure out the rules of courtship and in some cases just trying to get a date or trying […]

Oregon Author Kimberly Davidson releases “I’m God’s Girl, Why Can’t I Feel it?” to help women deal with depression. Not too long ago a USA Today headline read: “Is Today’s Economic Crisis Another Great Depression?” Soon after, Newsweek reported: “Why It’s Worse Than You Think.” Then CNNMoney.com stated: “Job loss: […]

Luis Palau Association Helps to Launch Portland’s 2009 Season of Service By Luis Palau Ministries, As the Oregon unemployment rate moves close to 10 percent, Portland’s 2009 Season of Service seems to have arrived at just the right time. A collaborative effort between the city, local churches and nonprofit organizations, […]

By Rick Johnson BetterDads.net My wife and I were blessed to attend a celebration dessert for couples married 25 years or longer called “I Still Do.” This annual event is sponsored by an organization called Every Marriage Matters (EMM). EMM is a facilitator in the community bringing together faith-based, governmental […]

By Randy Alcorn, Eternal Perspectives Ministries Oregon Author of “Heaven” Some of you prayed a while back for work I was doing for a chapter in a book with Joe Gibbs. Some information about that book has been sent to us, so I wanted to pass it on. What’s below […]