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The case for prayer. Certainly the state of the world today suggests a pretty good reason to try prayer. It’s not a practice that is celebrated very often in today’s media. Often, they’ll go after someone who dares offer “thoughts and prayers” after a tragedy – particularly one involving guns. I’m actually all for reasonable…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 08/15/24 The healing arts. Ideally, the arts, particularly storytelling, offers society insights into healing our wounds and moving forward with greater wisdom. Whether or not modern-day movies very often accomplish that (or even aspire to) is, at best, a hit-or-miss proposition. Jonathan E. Lim,…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 08/14/24 Everything is your fault. Overall, you’re quite deplorable – and every good person agrees with me. Those are pretty much the claims of every purveyor or negative religion throughout the millennia toward those who don’t believe exactly as they do (and, let me…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 08/09/24President Biden casts doubt on peaceful transfer of power  How did we get here? Interviewed by CBS News, the former presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee said he’s not at all sure they’ll be a peaceful transfer of power in January if Trump wins the…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 08/07/24 What a difference a year makes. After yeoman’s work covering the aggressive wars against Ukraine and Israel, Fox News has just promoted Trey Yingst to the post of chief foreign correspondent. The well-earned promotion comes as Yingst is penning Black Saturday for Fox…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 07/19/24 40 years ago Dennis Quaid voted for Ronald Reagan – now he’s playing him. The veteran actor has earned a reputation for nailing portrayals of historic icons –  from astronaut Gordon Cooper in 1983’s The Right Stuff to Bill Clinton in 2010’s The…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 07/18/24 Rediscovering Hillbilly Elegy. Just about immediately after Donald Trump named Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his vice presidential running mate, his bestselling 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy and its 2020 movie adaptation (directed by Ron Howard) respectively soared to the top of the book…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 07/16/24 It was on September 15th, 2026 when Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon had the audacity to humanize Donald Trump by playfully mussing the then GOP presidential candidate’s hair. Fallon quickly came under (figurative) fire for having the audacity to humanize the man and…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 07/12/24 “The Bible is amazing but sometimes confusing and hard to read.” With that understatement of the millennia, so begins The Bible in 10 Minutes. As of this writing, the video has received 937,680 views on YouTube since dropping on Tuesday. The easy-to-understand highly-abridged…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 07/10/24 New York Mets legend Keith Hernandez calls foul on LFGM. As reported by The New York Post (and heard above) the current SNY commentator is not a fan of the implied profane addition to the traditional “Let’s Go Mets” fan chant. Hernandez  says…
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