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January 4, 2019 - Senator backlash over Knights of Columbus

Wall Street Journal Editorial, We’re still a year from the 2020 presidential primaries, but Senator Kamala Harris is already showing America how far the Democratic Party has strayed from its roots. Democrats rightly take pride in the 1928 nomination of Gov. Al Smith, which signaled the party’s affirmation that Catholics […]


January 3, 2019 - Triple clergy abuse cases in same week

By Faith News Note, Three men who served as clergy in Oregon—Portland, Baker, and Eugene—face legal charges after they were accused of sexual misconduct in December 2019 while holding positions of utmost trust. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested 41-year-old minister Helio Ferriera in early December after saying it had […]


January 2, 2019 - The battle over moms hosting gender reveal parties

Jim Miller, I was surprised to see in The Sunday Oregonian an article by Associated Press writer, Leanne Italie, calling for an end of parent’s hosting gender reveal parties announcing the gender of their baby.  Gender reveal parties are part of a series of 2018 things the author suggests we […]


December 30, 2018 - Top 10 Oregon religion headlines 2018

Photo: From Rev. Franklin Graham singer Jeremy Camp Oregon tour. 26,000 Oregonians turnout for Rev. Graham 14 lessons from Oregon Rajneesh scandal Netflix film Oregon Ad Battle: Atheist vs. Hobby Lobby Flood Portland: Thousands pray, sing for revival Documentary: Kids dying from Oregon faith healing NW missionary martyr, lost tribe […]


December 28, 2018 - 18 surprising survey trends in 2018

By Abigail Geiger Pew Research Center, Pew Research Center takes the pulse of Americans and people around the world on a host of issues every year. We explore public opinion on topics ranging from foreign policy to cyberbullying, as well as demographic trends, such as the emergence of the post-Millennial […]


December 27, 2018 - Porch pirate Grinch caught on tape

By Jim Miller, The increase in online ordering has given rise to increased cases of thieves stealing items off people’s front porches upon delivery. Thanks to new affordable homer surveillance technology many neighbors are capturing the culprits on video. The video helps law enforcement see the criminals and provide clues.


December 26, 2018 - Church security enters new age

By Sheila Allen NW Baptist Witness, With attention on violence in public spaces increasing, including incidences at places of worship, the Northwest Baptist Convention sponsored a “Church Security in the 21st Century” conference that drew more 75 attendees to three locations in recent weeks. “Church security is not a heavy-handed, […]


December 24, 2018 - Second full-page Christian ad debuts

By M. Martin, In the Sunday Oregonian, December 23 2018, the second full page Christian ad of the year made its appearance.  This ad featuring a Nativity scene of Jesus in manager along with the messiah Bible verse Isaiah 9:6 was placed by Hobby Lobby stores which recently began opening […]


December 21, 2018 - Weinstein God-bashing ‘Mary Magdalene’ film flops

By Catholic League for religious and civil rights, Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the fate of the movie, “Mary Magdalene”: “Mary Magdalene” made the big screen in the U.K. and Australia, but it never made it to the U.S. That’s largely because the film was left in limbo […]


December 19, 2018 - China’s escalating crack down on Christianity

By M. Martin, Oregon writer Things are getting worse for all people of faith in China. First we had the news that China had built large scale re-education camps for Uighur and Kazakh Muslims in the far Western part of China. The BBC reports that hundreds of thousands of Muslims […]