c. 2012 Religion News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) On a bright April afternoon, hundreds of worshippers spilled into a Portland parking lot, exchanging hugs and handshakes after the weekly sermon. Children scampered around the property, bordered by a white picket fence. The man who has guided the congregation for more than a decade greeted the faithful.
c. 2011 Religion News Service
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) In planning for his death, Gary Haugen decided weeks ago he would take just one possession with him -- a postcard showing a bald eagle soaring high. On the back was a final blessing from the friend who sent it: "Fly free, brother."
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) A 30-year-old Portland woman who botched a home
circumcision of her 3-month-old son has been sentenced to five years of
probation.
Keemonta Peterson was arrested last April after a lengthy
investigation into the October 2010 incident. Peterson, inspired after
reading the Old Testament, decided she wanted her son to be circumcised.
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