{"id":7953,"date":"2019-04-03T11:54:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T15:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=7953"},"modified":"2019-04-03T11:54:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T15:54:18","slug":"media-roundup-ending-medical-debt-tv-covers-unplanned-mayor-pete-talks-faith-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2019\/04\/media-roundup-ending-medical-debt-tv-covers-unplanned-mayor-pete-talks-faith-view.html","title":{"rendered":"Media roundup: Ending medical debt + TV covers &#8220;Unplanned&#8221; + &#8220;Mayor Pete&#8221; talks faith on &#8220;The View&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the latest dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christian Post reports on how innovative way churches can help people crushed by medical debt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>A Maryland church has wiped out nearly $2 million in medical debt impacting about 900 individuals and families across 14 counties in the Old Line state thanks to a generous donation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Letters were sent out on Monday to many across the state of Maryland telling them that their medical debts have been eliminated \u2014 some as large as $100,000 and some as small as $200.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The best part of all, they were told that their debt was eliminated with no strings attached thanks to the \u201cChurches of Annapolis.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Around Christmastime, attendees of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionannapolis.com\/what-to-expect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Revolution Annapolis<\/a>, a medium-sized nondenominational church based in the state\u2019s capital, began fundraising to help brothers and sisters in their local area escape from the clutches of medical debt.\u00a0<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/church-ministries\/church-pays-off-2-million-medical-debt-900-maryland-families.html?utm_source=The+Loop&amp;utm_campaign=de9f063232-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_7c0ae1323a-de9f063232-437763581\">More at The Christian Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NET TV, a Catholic television station in New York City (a channel where I work), covers surprise success of pro-life film <em>Unplanned<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"\u2018Unplanned\u2019 Beats Adversity with Strong Opening Weekend\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-QlI_7X6J4Q?start=101&#038;feature=oembed\" 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><strong>Abby Johnson (the subject of <em>Unplanned<\/em>) talks about why the right-to-life movement sometimes projects a negative image.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"&#039;Unplanned&#039; is the Story of Abby Johnson You Have to Hear to Believe\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-rgcXAnzz-o?feature=oembed\" 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><strong>Surging Democratic Party presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg talk about progressive Christianity on ABC&#8217;s <em>The View<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=laSUhvHZMLI<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Uh5YLotwrQU<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the latest dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media: Christian Post reports on how innovative way churches can help people crushed by medical debt A Maryland church has wiped out nearly $2 million in medical debt impacting about 900 individuals and families across 14 counties in the Old Line state thanks to a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,9,13,1257,1085,714,1591,14,17,20,24,31],"tags":[9409,9406,389,9411,9410,9407,9412,9408],"class_list":["post-7953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-catholic-church","category-christianity","category-family-matters","category-feminism","category-forgiveness","category-gay-issues","category-good-works","category-gratitude","category-interfaith-dialogue","category-journalism","category-movies","category-television","tag-abby-johnson-the-subject-of-unplanned","tag-abcs-the-view","tag-christian-post","tag-ending-medical-debt","tag-net-tv","tag-pete-buttigieg","tag-revolution-annapolis","tag-right-to-life-movement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Media roundup: Ending medical debt + TV covers &quot;Unplanned&quot; 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