During these troubled times, with prime-time TV dominated by news channels, I wish there would be more mention of our nation’s history of turning to God in times of trouble. I’ve scanned The History Channel, PBS, CNN, FoxNews, CNBC…and I can’t find anyone posing the questions or providing the answers or at least guiding the…

Man, what a drag! I like writing positive posts and wanted to say something great about last night’s debate. I suppose we could say that it was civil, and perhaps we could say that no fights broke out, and perhaps we could say that neither candidate was made to look uncomfortably bad or super-embarrassed. But…

People go to church to seek answers. But seldom are those people sons of rabbis looking for insight into their own Jewish heritage. All of that changes with My Jesus Year, a new book by Benyamin Cohen that also bears the subtitle “A Rabbi’s Son Wanders the Bible Belt in Search of His Own Faith,”…

It would be a Herculean task to try to encompass the entire career of the world’s most famous evangelist, Billy Graham, so when producers as well as director Robby Benson (yes, “Ice Castles” Robby Benson) decided to do a biopic, they very wisely decided to focus on Graham’s transformation from Tennessee farm boy to the…

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