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 […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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.

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

By Faith News Note, Concrete pots with newly installed plants are showing up in Portland around sidewalk areas popular among the homeless. The plants block the homeless from sleeping on the sidewalk under bridges and other areas. The interesting fact is that no one is taking credit for the plants […]