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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Hallmark Channel sets launch date for Space Warriors. The star-studded world-premiere entry of the weekly Walden Family Theater franchise will debut Friday, May 31st at 8:00 PM (ET). The stellar cast includes Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite, Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion),…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Biblical bonus round. TV’s other Bible-based hit, which airs on GSN (Thursdays, 9:00 PM ET*), will give an $10,000 to the charity of the team voted The American Bible Challenge Fan Favorite. The contest-within-a-contest runs through his weekend. Voting ends May 19th at midnight (PT). …

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Their debut album, Advent at Ephesus, spent six weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Classical Music Chart and Nielsen SoundScan crowned them the #1 Classical Traditional Artists of 2012, now the Benedictines of Mary, a group of 22 young contemplative Catholic sisters based in the…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The road to India. In my previous post, I reviewed Not Today, a captivating film dramatizing the plight of India’s Dalit underclass and the ongoing tragedy of human trafficking in India and around the world. I recently spoke with producer Brent Martz, aka the…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Two movies are opening this weekend that call attention to the historic and ongoing quest for human rights here and around the world. 42 tells the story of how the legendary Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson broke through Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947.…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Fr. Emil Kapaun recognized as an American hero. The event will happen tomorrow (April 11) when Kapaun’s family, surviving military comrades and others will gather at the White House as President Barack Obama awards the legendary chaplain the Medal of Honor posthumously. The priest,…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. More proof of The Bible‘s power.  From The Wrap: The miniseries, produced by “Survivor” boss Mark Burnett and his wife, Roma Downey, did big business in its first week of home-video sales, setting a five-year record for DVD sales in the TV category and…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Coarsening of America continues. From LifeSiteNews: The FCC is seeking comments from the public as they consider relaxing their obscenity standards for broadcast television and radio. If adopted the new, lower standards would allow brief “non-sexual” nudity and isolated expletives even during prime time,…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Words of note. I didn’t always agree with his politics or even his movie reviews (though he did praise Joe Versus the Volcano, one of my personal favorites) but this quote from the Chicago Sun-Times obituary of Roger Ebert suggests he did attain a…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The Bible vs. The Walking Dead. From The Wrap: History’s miniseries “The Bible” ended with a bang on Easter Sunday — but it was no match for the zombies of AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” which also aired its season finale Sunday. The “Bible” finale drew…
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