The Blind Side movie is making powerful impact on audience and actress Sandra Bullock
By Beaver Believer,
The miracle movie of the year is the film The Blind Side — a true life underdog story filled with heroic and spiritual themes. The story itself is a miracle. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 Steve Hynd
The scariest domestic political story of the day is this one: "Matters of faith, politics on table as Palin visits Graham"
"He's followed her career and likes her strong stand on faith," said son Franklin Graham, who was present for the 2 1/2-hour get-together. "Daddy feels God was using her'" [...]
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 [...]
Religious leaders are praying that Joe Lieberman's heart softens. The LA Times reports:
...an interfaith group of clergy is lobbying him to drop his plans to filibuster any healthcare bill that contains a public option. Their strategy: prayers.During a Sunday night vigil, a crowd walked from Stamford High School, Lieberman's alma [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
By Ron Beasley
Juan Cole on the Republican Party:
This decision by the Obama administration demonstrates faith in the American way of life, and a conviction that even the worst mass murderers can be dealt justice by democratic institutions.Predictably, Republican critics vowed to fight the decision, since they much prefer to hold people forever without [...]
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 [...]
By Steve Hynd
The news that Khalid Sheik Mohammed and other detainees accused of helping orchestrate the 9/11 attacks are headed to New York for federal trial has all the wingnut pantswetters beside themselves in horror. You'd think KSM was Magneto from the way they carry on.
The perfect' [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
The faithful started gathering shortly after six, standing in the cold rain outside the studio in Pioneer Courthouse Square. As the downpour increased in intensity, some moved down the steps under the shelter of the overhang. A crowd standing around outside a television studio is nothing [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
(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 [...]
