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Rita Cosby’s “Quiet Hero: Secrets from My Father’s Past” is a vivid reminder of the gift of freedom and the power of forgiveness
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. A hero’s story. I’m a little late to the party celebrating journalist Rita Cosby‘s book Quiet Hero: Secrets from My Father’s Past (Simon & Schuster). Now in paperback, it first came out in 2010 and spent a decent amount of time on the bestseller lists…
Airbrushing the news: Plight of American Christian pastor in Iran virtually ignored by media
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Why is this not a huge story? From CBN: Pastor Saeed Abidini, an American imprisoned in Iran for his faith, was sentenced Sunday to eight years in prison. According to the American Center for Law and Justice, Pastor Saeed was verbally sentenced by Iran’s notorious “hanging…
Catholic League vs. The Three Stooges + Mel Gibson vs. Joe Eszterhas + Win “October Baby” prizes!
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John W. Kennedy
Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Catholic group slaps the Three Stooges. Then pokes them in their eyes and hits them on their heads with a rubber hammer. Just kidding. From The Hollywood Reporter: The Catholic League is in an uproar over the way nuns are depicted in…
Plug pulled on Mel Gibson’s Hanukkah film + Five faith-themed books that should be movies + The “Unlimited” Express powers forward
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John W. Kennedy
Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Amid controversy, plug is pulled in Mel Gibson’s Judah Maccabee story. From TheWrap: Warner Bros. has put on hold a controversial Mel Gibson movie project about the Jewish Maccabee revolt in the 2nd Century B.C. after reading the script by writer Joe Eszterhas, TheWrap…
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