The announcement yesterday that CBS cancelled the soap opera after airing over seventy years of shows wasn’t a surprise but it certainly is a watershed moment in pop culture. Gone are the days of marketing drama in the afternoon to presumably bored, idle housewives. Instead, soaps like “Guiding Light” have been replaced by self-help and…

We all know that sustainability is a serious issue, but the documentary “They Killed Sister Dorothy” reminds us that it is deadly serious. A Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur nun from Dayton, OH, Dorothy Stang spent 30 years working to help the poor and the powerless in the Brazilian Amazon, dedicating herself more recently…

Frustrated with the conflict in the Middle East? Wondering if the strife in the region will ever be resolved? Despondent over the fact that Muslims, Jews, and Christians can’t agree on anything? Well, don’t have a sacred cow, man: one of the US’s top ambassadors is reportedly on his way to try his hand at…

In the new Hallmark TV movie “Love Takes Wing,” airing Saturday, April 4, based on the popular book series “Love Comes Softly,” Sarah Jones and Haylie Duff stars as two 19th century female doctors who go to a small town to help stop a spreading illness. And be sure to check out this Beliefnet interview…

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