A controversial New Age group that recently moved to Ashland appears to be closing its retail store downtown. The group has created curiosity for their secretive spiritual practices.

Synagogues around the U.S. are having a lively discussion about how Israel is waging the war in Gaza, trying to balance care for the Jewish community with empathy for those suffering in Gaza.

John Pavlovitz thinks people can be nicer to each other

The organizers of TwinRay moved to Southern Oregon in 2020, opened a store and started hosting retreats. They claim to offer enlightenment. Not everyone is convinced.

Samuel T. Wilkinson wrote Purpose: What Evolution and Human Nature Imply about the Meaning of Our Existence.

Producer Rob Reiner and director Dan Partland take up the notion that the U.S.A. is a Christian country in their documentary film "God and Country."

In a major development, the Vatican said priests may bless same-sex couples in informal settings, such as a meeting or visit to a shrine, so long as the blessing does not appear to endorse a marriage.

A Malheur County woman is appealing a federal judge’s ruling against her lawsuit that challenges state adoption policies for transgender children on the basis of religious freedom.

In a statement of interest filed on Tuesday, the Department of Justice said the city's request to decide the case should be denied.

A 15-year-old case pitting Northwest Native Americans against the federal government that’s been awaiting a U.S. Supreme Court hearing has settled, with the government agreeing to partially restore a sacred site in Oregon.

Sometimes we find belonging in the most unexpected places. And sometimes, we find it buried deep in our own histories — in our own family legacies, as Patty Krawec did.

A federal appeals court on Monday denied a last-ditch effort by tribes to block construction of what's likely to be the largest lithium mine in North America on federal land in Nevada.