Faith, Media and Culture

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 02/21/23 Celebrating gratitude. Rising country star Paige King Johnson released her popular song I Thank God last November as a sort Thanksgiving carol. Based on that success she’s debuting an acoustic video version of the song today right here on Beliefnet (see above). That’s…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 02/19/23 Holy touchdown! The prayer app Hallow made history on Ash Wednesday, becoming the first religious app to reach the No. 1 spot on Apple’s App Store. The milestone came three days after the ad featuring actors Mark Wahlberg and Jonathan Roumie promoting its…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 02/16/23 Proud to be an American. Country music star Lee Greenwood, along with Conklin Company owner and CEO Charles W. Herbster, was presented with the Helping a Hero Defense of Freedom Award. The rare honor, which is bestowed by combat-wounded military veterans, has only…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 02/14/23 Holy third rail! The Chicago-based TV news upstart NewsNation is showing some love for an American demographic that much of the media has a hard time getting its hands, head and hearts around. Headed up by just-named Special Projects Anchor Adrienne Bankert (formerly…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 02/12/23 Looks like they made it. Music legend T.G. Sheppard will be the first to tell that, ever since he burst onto the country music scene in the 1970s, his has been a blessed life – especially after he married the love of his…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 02/09/23 Line of scrimmage. Last June, Joe Kennedy (no relation) held the line against the legal assault on free speech and worship when he won his Supreme Court case stemming from his dismissal from his football coaching job at Bremerton High School in Washington…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 02/07/23 See no evil, speak no evil. It’s been nearly two years since I spoke with radio host and author Eric Metaxas about his Letter to American Church. In the book he posited that there are disturbing parallels between the pre-Holocaust Germany of the…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 02/05/23 Survivor. With a signature song that also perfectly serves as as a fitting theme for her life, a seventies superstar reflects on the life that led up to the aptly titled film documentary Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive which debuts in theaters next…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 02/02/23 An actor who won’t pretend. If there was ever a natural actor it’s Ricky Schroder. He was just nine days shy of his ninth birthday when, without ever having taken a single acting lesson, he made his film debut in 1979’s The Champ.…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 01/31/23 Appreciating the eternal value of work. I’ve previously spoken with entrepreneur and Mere Christians podcaster Jordan Raynor about his previous books, including Redeeming Your Time: 7 Biblical Principles for Being Purposeful, Present & Wildly Productive and The Creator in You, in which he…

John W. Kennedy
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John W. Kennedy

John W. Kennedy is the founder and Dir. of Development of The Creative Universe Entertainment™, a media consultation and development company focusing on the creation, development and support of high-quality mainstream entertainment that upholds positive timeless values, including trust in God.

Current projects include "Bryant Park" (an uplifting romantic-comedy) and "Photo Finish" (an award-winning sci-fi TV pilot). He has written over 100 children's novels based on episodes of the Cartoon Network series "Ben 10", "Ben 10: Alien Force", "Ben 10: Ultimate Alien", "Ben 10: Omniverse" and "Generator Rex" among others. He also writes Beliefnet’s "Faith, Media & Culture" blog.

Previously, he has produced successful news and talk programming for CNN, Fox News, Pax TV and SiriusXM.

Specialties: Script Writing, Movie/TV Novelizations & Adaptations, TV Content Creation and Development, Creative Consultation, Producing and Booking News and Talk shows.

He can be reached for writing, producing and consulting services at 516-640-1182.

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