In 1912, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (a central figure of the Baha’i Faith) visited America and noted how ministers or other speakers would prepare sermons o…
Drive-in worship: Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 2650 NW Highland Drive in Corvallis, will hold a drive-in worship service at 9 a.m. …
As of Friday night, the evening of September 18, we've just entered the season known as the Yamim Nora'im, “The Days of Awe.” These are the fi…
Online worship: Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 2650 NW Highland Drive in Corvallis, continues to share God's Word via online worship videos.
Siddhartha Gautama, later known as the Buddha, was born in the northern part of India about 2,565 years ago in a region now bordering Nepal. A…
Online worship: Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 2650 NW Highland Drive in Corvallis, continues to share God's Word via online worship videos.
Old medieval world maps tried to accurately represent the world as it was then known. At the edges of these maps, where knowledge and explorat…
Online worship: Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 2650 NW Highland Drive in Corvallis, continues to share God's Word via online worship videos.
As this article was being posted, the Portland area was experiencing its 93rd night of protests. Despite media depictions, the city is not on …
Drive-in worship: Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 2650 NW Highland Drive in Corvallis. Those in attendance are asked to wear masks. …
At the ripe old age of 12, our Golden Doodle Jasmine still radiates puppy nature. While puppies love to play, many dogs “go into retirement” a…
Online worship: Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 2650 NW Highland Drive in Corvallis, continues to share God's Word via online worship videos.
The life we knew fades into a dream. Questions linger away. Will we return to what was considered “normal?" Daunting thoughts pressuring our a…
Online worship: Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 2650 NW Highland Drive in Corvallis, continues to share God's Word via online worship videos.
In the summer of 1967, my family moved away from our exclusively white, middle-class neighborhood, school, and church in Salem. Looking out th…
Online worship: Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 2650 NW Highland Drive in Corvallis, continues to share God's Word via online worship videos.
Have you ever had that jarring self-discovery when you realize YOU might be the problem? This is particularly challenging when those calling o…
Online worship: Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 2650 NW Highland Drive in Corvallis, continues to share God's Word via online worship videos.
Safety is an extremely important part of life right now. Important almost always, of course, but particularly now, when we are living with thi…
Drive-in worship: Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 2650 NW Highland Drive in Corvallis, will hold a drive-in worship service in the par…
Like all children who grew up in California in the late 1950s, I learned “Golden State” history in fourth grade. The part I remember most was …
Service via video: Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Corvallis continues to share God's Word via online worship videos.
I am a white American woman who has for most of her life been oblivious to my white privilege—those benefits that accrue to me simply because …
Service via video: Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Corvallis continues to share God's Word via online worship videos.
As I said in my previous column (March 2, 2019) for Interfaith Voices, the relationship between religion and science would not be so troubled …
We’re living in a time of darkness, chaos, outrage, fear, conflict, and grief. How might we enter into the darkness, face it, name it, and tra…
Service via video: Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Corvallis continues to share God's Word via its "Good News" videos, made availabl…
