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Remembering the comedy and faith of Norm Macdonald
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/17/21 Nation’s Productivity Down 97% As Everyone Binge-Watching Norm Macdonald Clips All Day. That headline is from the humor site The Babylon Bee. Funny but, in my case, pretty close to being accurate. As you probably know, Norm Macdonald died this past Tuesday. They…
“The Most Reluctant Convert” C.S. Lewis biopic in theaters November 3rd + More “Bates” family on UPtv
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/15/21 Chronicles of Lewis. A new film following the spiritual journey of the author of the beloved fantasy novel series The Chronicles of Narnia releases as a special event in theaters nationwide on November 3. Directed by Norman Stone (BBC’s Shadowlands, The Narnia Code),…
How Kanye West got involved with a nature series built on Creator theory
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/13/21 Kanye West goes wild. The headline-making Christian rap artist who, according to Politico, is “arguably the modern era’s most accomplished provocateur” is lending his music to the trailer for The Riot and the Dance, itself a provocative new nature series that looks at…
A religious scholar/author tackles 9/11 families’ “Unanswered Questions”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/10/21 Eve of destruction. Tomorrow we mark the 20th anniversary of the event some say began the story of the 21st century. Unfortunately, our nation’s recent departure from Afghanistan, following a two-decade occupation, is feeling like the opposite of victory – with a Trafalgar…
PragerU’s Jill Simonian on how “Otto’s Tales” hopes to help parents talk to their kids about 9/11
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/08/21 A hard story to tell. Ahead of the twentieth remembrance of the September 11th attacks on America by terrorists, PragerU has published Otto’s Tales: Today is September 11th. The storybook arrives just months after the first installment of the Otto’s Tales book series…
Faith, Media & Culture 2021 Fall Preview
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/03/21 What’s up in Fall of 2021 from a Faith, Media & Culture POV? Here are some highlights. SEPTEMBER September is Gospel Music Heritage Month. It’s also National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, National Guide Dog Month, National Preparedness Month, National Prostate Health Month, Pain…
Outlasting tough times: Patrick Gibson on writing “The American Prayer” and “We’re Gonna Do This”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/01/21 God and country. Singer-songwriter Patrick Gibson honors both with the release of The American Prayer. Our conversation (following the video) took place on August 18 – just as the imminent collapse of Afghanistan was becoming apparent but before the tragic suicide bombing at…
Amid America’s confidence crisis comes Lifetime’s “Highway to Heaven” reboot
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 08/20/21 The conservative Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group—which the poll-tracking site FiveThirtyEight lists as one of America’s more accurate pollsters (A-) – just released the results of a new national survey conducted August 14th through August 16th of over…
Timothy Plan V.P. Brian Mumbert finds investment portfolio value in upholding faith values
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 08/18/21 Of prophets and profits. Brian Mumbert is Vice President of Advisor Relations at Timothy Plan, a Florida-based mutual fund investment house that utilizes biblical principles to help its clients obtain financial growth and security for themselves and their loved ones through investment portfolios that…
August 15, 2021 – a date that will live in infamy and, perhaps, a day of reckoning for the media
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 08/16/21 This scene from just over a month ago (8/8) aged about as well – or worse – than Cuomo’s Emmy. What a difference a month makes. On Friday, General David Petraeus, the former Commander of US & International Forces in Afghanistan, spoke about…
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