By M. Martin, NW writer Portland Franklin High School teacher, Mercedes Munoz, has just been awarded Oregon teacher of the year. The award comes with a $5,000 award from the Oregon Department of Education. Munoz described herself as a “a praying woman”. Being a special education teacher is tough position […]

By Catholic League for Religious & civil rights In a joint effort by researchers at the University of Notre Dame’s McGrath Institute for Church Life and the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University, a study of U.S. seminarians found that six percent have experienced some form […]

Luis Palau Association, International ministry based in Oregon At the invitation of faith leaders in Nigeria, as well as long-time ministry partner Firm Foundations in Christ Ministries (FFICM), Wendy Palau – wife of international evangelist Andrew Palau and daughter-in-law to Luis Palau – spent a week ministering to hundreds of […]

By Randy Alcorn Oregon based author, ministry Eternal Perspectives Ministry In the late 1990s, Martin Seligman, the president of the American Psychological Association, noted psychology’s emphasis on the negative side of life, including depression and anxiety, while ignoring the positive, including happiness and well-being. His observation spurred new research and […]

By Liberty Counsel, During his speech at the Global Call to Protect Religious Freedom event at the United Nations Monday, President Donald Trump stated, “Today, with one clear voice, the United States of America calls upon the nations of the world to end religious persecution.” President Trump is now the […]

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., last week wrote to Donald Trump urging him to press Bahrain on serious human rights concerns. The president met with Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa today. The senators specifically requested Trump […]

BY M. Martin NW writer, A local Oregon police officer pleaded guilty to stealing evidence form the police locker room. It is a reminder for all of us on the wide scope of the opioid crisis hitting Oregon and the nation. It is also a reminder to pray for our […]

Alliance for Defending Freedom, The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the city of Phoenix cannot use a criminal law to force two artists to design and create custom wedding invitations expressing messages that conflict with their core beliefs. Such coercion, the court held, would violate the fundamental principle that “an […]

Pacific Justice Institute Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) is contesting criminal charges against a pastor who was arrested outside a public library. The library was hosting a drag queen event. As PJI first reported in June, Pastor Afshin Yaghtin went to a public library in Spokane the weekend of Father’s Day […]

By Randy Alcorn Oregon based author, ministry Eternal Perspectives Ministry The following video, featuring a personal story from author and journalist Nancy Rommelmann, is titled “How to Become a Dangerous Person,” and is indicative of what can happen to anyone who gets on the wrong side of our culture’s ever-changing […]