Oregon Faith Report Reader Survey
1. Do you think a Governor or U.S. Senator who has been caught in adultery should be forced to resign in most circumstances?
Here are the results;
Yes 50%
No 35.7%
Undecided 14.3%
Additional reader comments included,
- Yes, and the President
- He should be voted [...]
by Matthew E. Berger
Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS) Hate crime incidents targeting people based on their religion were at their highest frequency last year since 2001, according to a new report. The report, compiled by the Anti-Defamation League from FBI data, found 1,519 religious hate crimes in 2008, accounting for [...]
Faith and Family Film Review: Old Dogs
By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting
Old Dogs— Passable comedy in which a sports marketing executive (Robin Williams) learns, seven years after the fact, that his quickly annulled second marriage produced fraternal twins (Conner Rayburn and Ella Bleu [...]
Faith and Family Film Review:The Princess and the Frog
By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting
The Princess and the Frog— Enchanting animated musical, set in 1920s New Orleans, in which a voodoo sorcerer (voice of Keith David) casts a spell that complicates the lives of [...]
Archdiocese of Portland in full compliance with Charter for Protection of Children
By Portland Archdiocese,
The Archdiocese of Portland was found to be in compliance with the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People for 2009. A letter of compliance was sent to Archbishop [...]
Oregon Faith Report asked readers, “Who do you think could use some extra thankfulness from fellow Oregonians this Thanksgiving?” Survey results showed almost half felt the greatest recipients should be soldiers. No one placed a vote for volunteers, but in many cases volunteers are among all [...]
By Wayne Loder, The Compassionate Friends
With the holidays upon us, families that have suffered the tragic loss of a child are often trying to figure out how they can simply survive the season. Unfortunately, those very people who most care about them, relatives and close friends, [...]
Georgene Rice of KPDQ-FM interview with the Oregon Moms in Touch State Coordinator, Karen Ables, and Prison Facilitator, Valerie Eaton
Background: The Moms in Touch organization celebrated its 25th Anniversary this year at over 1000 sites worldwide, including 19 host sites in Oregon. The theme of [...]
BEIJING, Nov. 18 /Christian Newswire/ — At 10:13 AM (Beijing time), nearly 200 nervous-looking Public Security officials seized two Chinese human rights lawyers outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, who were trying to establish a meeting with President Obama before the end of his visit to China. Five human rights [...]
Family-Faith Review: The Twilight Saga - New Moon
By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting,
The Twilight Saga: New Moon—Lovelorn gothic romance sequel in which a well-mannered vampire (Robert Pattinson), anxious to protect the mortal high school student (Kristen Stewart) who has captured his heart [...]
Faith and Family Film Review: The Blind Side,
By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting.
The Blind Side —Inspirational family drama, based on real events, in which a wealthy white couple (Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw) in Memphis, Tenn., offer shelter to a homeless black [...]
Washington, D.C. – A new report based on a recent national survey by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life and the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press finds that more than eight years after former President George [...]
By Traci Scott,
Oregon Faith Reporter,
A provocative new book, “Onward Christian Athletes: Turning Ballparks Into Pulpits and Players Into Preachers” examines how conservative, evangelical Christianity has become increasingly prominent in the professional sports world. The book was written by Tom Krattenmaker, a Portland-based writer specializing in [...]
Climate rally draws hundreds in Portland
By Ecumenical Minisitries of Oregon,
Today over 1,000 Portlanders gathered in Pioneer Courthouse Square joined people in 181 countries to mark the International Day of Climate Action at the Oregon 350 Climate Action Rally to call for quick action on [...]
Mission Network News Reports,
“Religious freedom advocates are pleased following President Barak Obama’s visit with Chinese President Hu Jintao, who spoke out about the need for religious freedom in China. President Obama also emphasized the importance of freedom of information in a question-and-answer session with college [...]
By Braxton Alsop,
New Wineskins Blog, Oregon
The plot of the film version of Where the Wild Things Are is as simple as it is brilliant. Feeling neglected and ignored by his older sister and mother, Max lashes out and, when his mom yells at him [...]
ALBANY GA — Nov. 15, 2009 — Sherwood Church, home of the hit independent movies FLYWHEEL (DVD only), FACING THE GIANTS, and FIREPROOF (2008’s top indie film), at its Sunday evening service tonight, announced the theme and title for Sherwood Pictures’ fourth movie. Senior Pastor Michael [...]
Oregon Faith Report Reader Survey,
Join the discussion, 8 new faith questions can be answered here.
1. In the Fort Hood base shooting what is your leading concern? (A) A rush to judgment or unfair blaming religion for a single person’s act. (B) The Army is not addressing combat stress, [...]
International Christian Medical Conference under the Theme “Spirituality and Medicines” Brought 400 Doctors from 30 Nations
The 6th International Christian Medical Conference was held at President Hotel on October 30 and 31, 2009 under the auspices of Ukraine Organizing Committee of WCDN (World Christian Doctors Network), whose [...]
Family-Faith Film Review: 2012
By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting
2012—In the disaster movie to end all fiasco flicks, a doomsday cataclysm results in billions losing their lives as the earth’s crust breaks apart, dismantling civilization and rearranging the continents. Director Roland Emmerich gives his [...]
Family-Faith Film Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox
By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting
Fantastic Mr. Fox —Droll stop-motion animated adventure, set in the animal world of rural Britain, in which the titular vulpine creature (voice of George Clooney), now a respectable newspaper columnist with a wife [...]
Question of the Week:
By Randy Alcorn
Eternal Perspectives Ministries
Sandy Oregon
Do you believe in guardian angels? Do we each have one?
Because references to “guardian angels” are now part of the modern angel preoccupation, it’s possible to throw out the baby with the bathwater. [...]
Below is a moving newsletter article by Oregonian Rick Johnson who runs Better Dads ministries. He was invited to speak at a men’s conference in Canada and came away changed himself.
By Rick Johnson, Oregon
Better Dads.net Ministries
The Promise Keepers Game Day 2009 [...]
Medical Teams International Joins Trailblazers In Helping Homeless
By Medical Teams International,
(PORTLAND, Ore. Nov. 6, 2009) — Medical Teams International successfully held its largest, one-day mobile dental clinic yesterday at the Rose Garden in Portland. In support of the Portland Trailblazers’ 14th Annual Harvest [...]
From PBS Religion and Ethics Deborah Potter,
Christian Fuhrer became pastor here in 1980, when the world outside the church was divided by the Cold War and Germany was split in two, most visibly by the wall the East German government built in Berlin in 1961. The Communist state was [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Amidst the controversy, though, the question remains-what exactly is New Atheism?
In his new book, The New Atheism: Taking a Stand for Science and Reason, physicist Victor Stenger, author of the New York Times bestseller God: The Failed Hypothesis, aims to further develop an understanding of the [...]
Oregon Faith Report Reader Survey,
Join the discussion, 9 new faith questions can be answered here.
Question: In good humor, which of the following “sins” are the people you know most guilty of committing?
Choices: Bringing outside food into a theater, Not paying the parking meter, Leaving spoiled food in [...]
Church ministers to grieving community
By Sheila Allen
NW Baptist Convention
lRIDGEFIELD, Wash. — On August 10 several recent graduates of Ridgefield (Wash.) High School piled into vehicles for a trip to the beach before launching on their own journey to college, military assignments and jobs. [...]
(RNS) In the world of faith-based social networking, evangelical Christian leader Mark Oestreicher commanded a huge chunk of cyberspace. Known as “Marko,” the technological hipster amassed 4,000 Facebook friends, 1,500 Twitter followers and 2,000 daily readers of his blog. But then he [...]
