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Ray Allen, a star for the Bucks, Sonics (now the Thunder), Celtics and Heat, announced his official retirement from the NBA on Tuesday. Allen announced his retirement in a letter to his younger self on the Players’ Tribune. “I write this to you today as a 41-year-old man who is retiring from the game,” Allen…

Move over, “Shark Week.” There is something scarier playing on our televisions. National Geographic kicked off their first ever “Earth Week” programming on Sunday. The week is comprised of six straight days of primetime programming which focuses on the effects of climate change. The week started with premiers of both the Emmy award-winning series Years of…

God is immanent. This means that, while still being distinct, He is within everything—the trees, the sky, animals, plant life, and even us. But can we find God in the horror genre? Is the depiction of personified evil useful for Christians? Like many things in life, we have to use our gift of discernment. Fortunately,…

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDuN53vfx7Q WikiLeaks released email correspondence that Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg told Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (HRC) campaign chairman John Podesta that she will “help” the Democratic Party nomination the “best she can” to win the 2016 election. The email exchange quoted Sandberg as stating that she “badly” wants Clinton to become president, Breitbart reported. Sandberg, who…

Will you raise your voice for those who have no voice? That is the theme of the new short film, Sing a Little Louder, available for all to watch online free. Sing A Little Louder is inspired by the true story of an elderly man who in his youth witnessed the horrors of the Jewish Holocaust…

Two of baseball’s longest championship droughts is about to end. The Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians will face head-to-head at the World Series on Tuesday, October 25th. The Indians are looking to seek their first World Series title in 68 years, the Cubs haven’t won it all sine 1908. Cubs fans are already celebrating…

Denial, based on the book History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier, recounts professor Deborah E. Lipstadt’s legal battle for her historical interpretation against David Irving, who accused her of libel when she declared him a Holocaust denier. With the burden of proof placed on the accused, Lipstadt and her legal team fight to…

Cristiano Ronaldo never thought he would tick off Buddhists after posting a picture of himself with his foot resting on a Buddha statue. But he sure did. The Real Madrid star posted the image of Facebook and in less than 10 hours the photo had over one million likes and 40,179 shares on the social…

“Collateral Beauty” explores deeply spiritual themes and timeless questions that will resonate with spiritual seekers from all walks of life.  The meaning of life, love, death, and the illusions of time, are all interwoven in a poetic way to enhance the beauty that is present in every moment of existence. In the film, when a…

The Second Coming of Christ is an upcoming film about an atheist female scientist who, at the end of times, discovers that true Faith can bring miracles. Diana Angelson stars as Dr. Beatrix Cera, a famous entomologist hired by New World Genetics Corporation, the leader in genetically engineered foods, to research the causes and effects of dying…

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