Poetry Poles: Get cultured while walking the neighborhood – – Oregonian story Nov. 12

People walking in the historic Bolton neighborhood of West Linn can get a little literature while getting their exercise if they pass by Doug and Stacy Erickson’s house on Holly Street. That’s because for Doug Erickson’s 48th birthday in August, Erickson enlisted the...

Sex Trafficking film takes us on a journey of discovery – My Christianity Today story

What struck me the most about the film Sex + Money: A National Search for Human Worth, which screened at Portland State University this month, is how young. Thirteen- and fourteen-year olds, and some as young as eleven, being led into sex trafficking. I have twin sons...

Oregon Book and Flannery O’Connor Award-winning author Gina Ochsner to speak at October 20 Writers Connection

For October’s Faith & Culture WRITERS CONNECTION Thursday Oct. 20 at 7 p.m., we are honored to feature award winning author Gina Ochsner! Gina is the author of the short story collection The Necessary Grace to Fall, which received the Flannery O’Connor Award for...

Sex+Money: A National Search for Human Worth documentary Oct. 7 highlights sex trafficking and those trying to stop it

I will be screening the documentary, Sex+Money: A National Search for Human Worth, for Christianity Today’s women’s blog.  scheduled for  6 p.m. Friday Oct. 7 at Portland State University at Hoffman Hall.  The film shares highlights of interviews that five young...

Popular band instructor returns to West Linn to lead top music program and secures grant for Euphonium

It’s like he’s returning home to family. After leaving Rosemont Ridge Middle School in 2004 for teaching positions in Beaverton, then Banks, band instructor and director Ronald LaGrone returns to the West Linn school to lead sixth- through eighth-grade...

September’s Writers Connection group travels to the State Pen for Annual Essay outreach event

For this month’s Writers Connection Thursday Sept. 22, we make our annual trek to the Oregon State Penitentiary for a Writing Outreach. We will present essays on the topics of 1) Re-entry into Society 2) Does rehabilitation work? 3) Second Chance – What do you...

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