Faith, Media and Culture

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Rhinestone Cowboy‘s final ride. The announcement of country music legend Glen Campbell 2011 Alzheimer’s diagnosis was shocking both because of the decades of affection he had built with people across America and around the world and because it reminded us all how undiscriminating the…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. True crime, true faith. Following a successful and award-winning run on the festival circuit, Little Hope Was Arson, a documentary about the quest to solve a series of ten Texas church fires, will begin its roll out in theaters and On Demand on November 21. …

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. My Boyfriends’ Dogs airs tomorrow (10/18) @ 9:00 PM ET on Hallmark Channel. Synopsis (from the Hallmark Channel website): Bailey Daley (Erika Christensen) is a hapless young bride who has run away from the altar with not one, but three dogs she adopted from…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Melodious monks. New Camaldoli Hermitage, a community of Roman Catholic monks in California’s Big Sur, will release their album O Day of Resurrection on Tuesday, November 4th. From Jade Music, the CD is a 27-track recording of the monks’ beautiful chants of the Liturgy…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Heavenly Match no match for UP’s previous offerings. Anyone who reads this blog on a regular basis knows that I tend to like movies on UP TV.  Some are excellent but, whether comedies or dramas (or a mix of the two), almost all of…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. October is National Bullying Prevention Month. In recognition of that, UP TV is presenting two films that tackle the subject. Nowhere Safe  premieres tomorrow (10/5) at 7 PM (ET). Synopsis: Two teen girls cruelly impersonate young Ashley (Danielle Churchran) in an online “reverse cyber…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Tackling Christianity’s history of anti-Semitism. Kevin Sorbo plays the role of French theologian John Calvin in Let the Lion Roar, a new docudrama that takes on the unfortunate history of anti-Semitism among some of Christianity’s greatest thinkers. The film purports to shine a light…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Faith at the movies. The Song and Believe Me are two faith-themed movies that couldn’t be more different in terms of tone — suggesting a diversity and maturing of the overall genre that is healthy. But, IMHO, one worked and one didn’t Believe Me…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Core strength.  It’s said to be key to physical fitness. And according to Jason Scott Jones and John Zmirak — authors of The Race to Save Our Century: Five Core Principles to Promote Peace, Freedom and the Culture of Life (Crossroad Publishing, 2014) —…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Signed, Sealed, Delivered Christmas movie to arrive in time for holidays. The new film will debut Sunday, November 23 at, 9:00 PM (ET) on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. Hopefully, that’s a good sign for the renewal of the charming Hallmark Channel series which created…

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