West Linn’s Barry Childs wins $100,000 Purpose Prize for his Africa Bridge work in Tanzania
Barry S. Childs of West Linn received the 2010 Purpose Prize for his work through Africa Bridge, a nonprofit organization he founded in 2000 to assist children orphaned by HIV/AIDS and other vulnerable children in rural Tanzania. Childs, along with nine other Purpose...
Random Act of Culture
Hundreds Singing Handel's Hallelujah chorus at Macy's for a Random Act of Culture! My friend Mary just sent me the link for this rendition of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus on You Tube -- The Opera Company of Philadelphia brought together over 650 choir members from 28...
Writers Connection Thursday November 18 at Rolling Hills
This month's Writer's Connection meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 18, which is the 3rd Thursday of the month (rather than the usual 4th Thursday, which is Thanksgiving!) Come for inspiration, connection, networking. Learn of publishing opportunities and create...
Don’t Mess With Your Mother …West Linn robber learns
At 11:30 Wednesday night, while my son and I were watching the movie Apollo 13, the telephone startled us from the couch. My mind starting racing -- My twins were at a retreat with the church youth group, my son and daughter away at college. The phone call thankfully...
National Un-Friend-on-Facebook Day part of discussion during Public Isolation Project Interview
Since finding out about the Social Isolation Project three days ago, I am having the students in my comm theory and media analysis courses muse on their takes of the subject (on the earlier blog post on this subject). In addition, I have received the go-ahead to write...
Woman in solitary ONLINE confinement for Public Isolation Project
Called the Public Isolation Project, a woman is living alone in a glass room, located at bside6 in downtown Portland, Oregon. The woman, Cristin Norine, will be physically isolated from others for a full month, communicating with the outside world only via the...
It’s not about the pumpkin
My friend Kelly had extra tickets to the pumpkin patch and corn maze at Kruger farms on Sauvie Island a day before Halloween, and I just had to take her up on her offer. Taking the time to go on adventures with kids is so important to me. It means you put aside your...
Spitting their best Jesus poems
Students are invited to “spit their best Jesus poem,” at tonight’s Poetry Slam being held at Portland State University. The audience judges the event with applause and the winner takes home $ 300. Campus Crusade for Christ is sponsoring the free community event,...
33 Bibles for 33 miners — and other stories of faith during over two months trapped underground
In an Associated press article found in my Thursday Oct. 14, 2010 Oregonian newspaper, the individual stories of each of the 33 miners rescued after 69 days in a Chilean mine were shared along with a snap shot photo of each of the men. These particular stories of the...
Writers Connection October Meeting Oct. 28
Just a reminder of our monthly, fourth Thursday of the month, October 28,Writers Connection meeting at 7 PM in the East Atrium of Rolling Hills Community Church, located at 3550 Borland Road in Tualatin. Network, connect, encourage, be inspired. Bring work to share...
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