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Prayfit Founder Jimmy Peña on the value of physical fitness: It’s really not about the mirror — it’s about the One we’re trying to mirror
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. With the Christmas holiday behind us, a few additional pounds (quite likely) with us and the New Year before us, if you’re like me, you may be considering the notion of finally getting in shape…
Flashbacks: Your favorite TV characters celebrate Christmas
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. I’m taking off for the Christmas holiday. Till then, here are some some clips from some classic Christmas episodes from some TV shows. Enjoy and, of course, Merry Christmas and God bless everybody! Encourage one another and build each other up – 1 Thessalonians…
Music & Memory founder talks about the viral video that dramactically demonstrates the amazing positive impact music can have on Alzheimer’s and dementia patients
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Thanks for the memories. As its website states, Music & Memory is a non-profit organization that brings personalized music into the lives of the elderly or infirm through digital music technology, vastly improving quality of life. Music & Memory helps nursing home staff, elder…
Heavens! Singing nuns’ “Advent at Ephesus” is #1 on Billboard’s Classical Music Chart for third straight week
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Advent at Ephesus is a hit. The Advent album from the sisters serving in the contemplative community of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles in rural Missouri is No. 1 on Billboard magazine’s Traditional Classical Music Chart for the third straight week, rising…
CBS to celebrate Christmas Eve with residents of struggling Reading, PA
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. One Christmas Story: People Rich in Spirit will feature the diverse congregation of the aptly-named Hope Lutheran Church as, through Scripture and song, they celebrate the true meaning of Christmas in one of financially-struggling Reading, PA’s poorest neighborhoods. The hour-long commercial-free special, produced by Odyssey…
Corbin Bernsen’s Home Theater Entertainment sets its sights on making smart, family films
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Fans know him best as Arnie Becker, the rakish divorce attorney on the classic NBC series LA Law or, currently, as Henry Spencer, the no-nonsense retired-cop dad on the USA hit Psyche. But these days, you’re as apt to find Corbin Bernsen behind the…
Kathie Lee Gifford’s “Scandalous” closes as faith-themed shows struggle to find a foothold on Broadway
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Final curtain. From The New York Times: The musical “Scandalous,” Kathie Lee Gifford’s Broadway debut as a lyricist and book writer, will close this Sunday after 31 preview performances and 29 regular performances, the producers announced on Tuesday night. The show opened on Nov.…
Dr. James Dobson turns novelist with upcoming near-future thriller “Fatherless”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Parable projects long-term impact of societal trends. It’s never too late to try something new. At 76, Dr. James Dobson, the conservative psychologist/author of over 80 nonfiction Bible-based books on marriage and family who currently heads up Dr. James Dobson’s Family Talk radio ministry,…
PG-13 movies outperform (but don’t outnumber) R-rated films + a noted priest weighs in on “War on Christmas” + Pope Benedict biopic planned
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Of course, Strictly by the numbers, it doesn’t add up. From The Wrap: This year, 168 films have carried the “restricted” (R) rating, which requires youths under 17 to be accompanied by an adult, and they have taken in $2.3 billion at the box…
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” provides merry ratings for ABC
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. You’ve still got it, Charlie Brown! Members of the Arkansas Society of Freethinkers may not have not have been among them, but millions tuned into watch ABC’s airing of A Charlie Brown Christmas which continues to be a ratings powerhouse. From Entertainment Weekly: Wednesday…
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