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This Easter weekend, Roma Downey wants you to know that “Son of God” is still in theaters and still changing lives
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Son of God lives. Faith audiences certainly have option at the box office this weekend — with Randall Wallace’s genuinely sweet slice-of-life (and afterlife) Heaven is for Real joining Darren Aronofsky’s strange take on Noah, and the Pure Flix sleeper his God’s Not Dead. But Roma…
Valerie Harper on her health, her thoughts on faith and her role on Hallmark Channel’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Taking life one day at a time. Valerie Harper guest stars on the first two episodes of Signed, Sealed, Delivered, the humorous drama series debuting on Hallmark Channel this Sunday night (4/20) at 8:00 PM (ET). The show, created by Martha Williamson (Touched by…
Comparing “Heaven is for Real” with “God’s Not Dead” + an interview with “Heaven” writer/director Randall Wallace
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Heaven is for Real arrives. the highly-anticipated based on the New York Time #1 bestselling book by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent opens in theaters nationwide today (4/16) Synopsis: Heaven if for Real tells the true story of Todd Burpo (Greg Kinnear), a small-town…
Fantastic voyage: Colton Burpo talks about seeing his awesome experience portrayed on film in “Heaven is for Real”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. To Heaven and back. Yesterday, I posted my conversation with Todd Burpo, the Nebraska pastor whose book Heaven is for Real chronicling his son Colton’s apparent visit to Heaven during a near-death experience when he was only four has become the subject of a…
“Heaven is for Real” dad tells his story
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. A family’s journey of faith. As pastor of Crossroads Wesleyan Church in Imperial, Nebraska (Population: 1,762), it’s not surprising that Todd Burpo believes in Jesus and Heaven. But even he admits that he was unprepared when, in 2003, his then four-year-old son Colton began…
Gretchen Carslon acts in faith-based political thriller + other items from the crossroads
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Ripped from tomorrow’s headlines? Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson is set to make her in the faith-based political thriller Persecuted. She’ll play (guess what?) a TV journalist in the film which stars James Remar (X-Men: First Class) as John Luther, a nationally-known evangelist who…
Magic Johnson’s ASPiRE TV network unveils 2014-2015 programming
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. ASPiRE aims high. ASPiRE, a partnership of UP TV and basketball legend-turned-entrepreneur Earvin “Magic” Johnson, has unveiled its programming slate for the second half of 2014 into 2015. The ambitious development roster showcases the network’s ongoing commitment to presenting positive African-American images to its…
New “Noah” movie part of UP’s ambitious 2014-2015 slate + “Alone Yet Not Alone” to bow in over 200 theaters
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. UP, UP and away in 2014-2015. With sci-fi Noah taking on water at the box office, the UP TV network may just tap into that large swath of the audience thirsting for a more traditional (and decidedly less dark) retelling of the Biblical epic.…
“Jesus Christ Superstar” reimagined and other items from the crossroads
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. What’s the buzz? Jesus Christ Superstar, which debuted on stage over 40 years ago, is being reimagined for the 21st century as an arena rock spectacular. A North American arena tour of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ground-breaking rock musical is scheduled hit…
For Hattie Kauffman everything is “Falling into Place”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Faith journey. Growing up as a member of the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho, Hattie Kauffman (one of seven children) became the first Native-American reporter and anchor for a broadcast network when in 1987 she was hired as a Special Correspondent for ABC’s Good…
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