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My friends and I have been having fun lately emailing a list back and forth of what are the best of the worst Christian songs we grew up listening to. You know, those songs that are enjoyable, with lyrics you can’t get out of your head, but at the same time you’d be slightly embarrassed…

We have a lot of tender love stories in movies this year but they have mostly been about friendships. I can’t remember a time when there have been so few movies about falling in romantic love. What used to be the most reliable genre for movie success, the traditional “boy meets girl, boy loses girl,…

Everyone’s favorite teen soap opera/guilty pleasure “Gossip Girl” is back, premiering on the CW September 1. And of course, its back with a, well, um, bang (so to speak). GG got itself in heaps of trouble last spring as it geared up for its first season finale with an advertising campaign that splashed “OMFG” in…

The title of Bill Maher’s controversial new documentary, “Religulous,” comes from combining the words “religious” and “ridiculous,” so it’s pretty clear where he stands on the issue of faith. In this clip, he quizzes a Senator who says he doesn’t believe in evolution. Watch the clip below. embedVideo(1726829578);

Christian pop star and author Rebecca St. James has a long history of promoting chastity, and modesty, in young women of faith. Her latest book, “Pure: A 90-Day Devotional for the Mind, the Body & the Spirit” will be released on September 3rd. Beliefnet has 5 advanced copies of “Pure: A 90-Day Devotional for the…

It might seem odd to have an episode focused on Easter when it’s August, but “Mad Men” is not exactly known for fitting the TV mold. The critically-acclaimed series set in the 60s advertising world usually revels, basks, and otherwise adorns itself in storylines of moral ambiguity set against a culture on the verge of…

You don’t think of former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne as an evangelist, except for those crazy Brazilian, African and Afro-Caribbean beats that practically broke poor drummer Chris Frantz’s wrists and led Byrne off to a solo career of promoting world music. If Byrne and his bandmates were attracted to Christian music and artwork (as…

I love British comedian John Oliver on ‘The Daily Show’–he’s just the right mix of biting and dry humor. Now, in a video for Jbooks.com, Oliver hosts a “Literature Rodeo.” In this segment, he traces the history of Apocalyptic books, beginning, of course, with the Bible.

If you’re like Gospel Soundcheck’s Joanne Brokaw, you may be conflicted about the hottest boy band of the moment, the Jonas Brothers. In her post, “5 Things I Hate About the Jonas Brothers,” Brokaw talks about the “bigger than oxygen” trio and their commercial empire. From Gospel Soundcheck: Here are 5 things I hate about…

So far, the 2008 Olympics has been all Michael Phelps, Dara Torres, Chinese divers, Liu Xiang bowing out (gasp!), gymnastics, Usain Bolt, Redeem Team, U.S. men’s water polo, Kerry Walsh and Misty May-Trainer (this list is getting so long!) and Jamaican sprinters. Very inspirational stuff. But for me, the excitement kicks into overdrive Tuesday night…
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