{"id":7926,"date":"2019-03-08T15:52:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T20:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=7926"},"modified":"2019-03-08T15:52:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T20:52:20","slug":"time-religious-ocd-come-faith-media-shadows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2019\/03\/time-religious-ocd-come-faith-media-shadows.html","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s time for religious OCD to come out of the faith and media shadows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Religious OCD Recovery\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZxI6CWWW7rI?list=PLn8jpF6vTPAroPZL5ik3UMJBLWeRPik9-\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Having dealt with the challenge of Religious OCD, I&#8217;m constantly amazed at how little attention the subject gets in either in\u00a0 the media (including movies and television) or in the faith arena. This post isn&#8217;t an actual endorsement of Ali Greymond&#8217;s program (which I haven&#8217;t been through) but I certainly thinks she makes some interesting points about a subject that warrants more attention. Let there be light. More on this soon.<\/p>\n<p>Psalm 46:10 &#8211;<em> &#8220;Be still and know that I am God.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media: Having dealt with the challenge of Religious OCD, I&#8217;m constantly amazed at how little attention the subject gets in either in\u00a0 the media (including movies and television) or in the faith arena. 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