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Last night the actual Idols performed on ‘Idol Gives Back’ (tonight is when the celebrities perform, and Thursday is eliminations–whew!). The theme, as it was last year for the charity show, was “inspirational songs.” Here are my two favorite performances from last night: first, Jason Castro doing a restrained and lovely version of “Somewhere Over…

Last year’s “American Idol: Idol Gives Back” was an extraordinary experiment in fundraising. No one really knew if Americans would respond with their wallets the same way they responded to the weekly voting? Would the evening turn in phenomenal numbers or would it be a flop? As we know now, the show surpassed all expectations,…

Whenever the Teletubbies introduce an Indian theme or the Backyardigans sing a Bollywood tune, my son is tickled pink, and immediately exclaims, “That’s just like us!” To an Indian American child finding something Indian on children’s television is fascinating and unique. To his surprise, and to my pleasure, there’s going to more of his favorite…

Here we are already at week six of the Oprah Winfrey/Eckhart Tolle “A New Earth” web event. Monday night’s class, based on Chapter 6 “Breaking Free,” is now available for viewing (at Oprah.com or here at Beliefnet). Something really struck me Monday afternoon before the class aired. People are experiencing change all over the world…

You may not have heard of John Shannon, but you will soon. The soulful singer-songwriter just released his debut album, “American Mystic.” Many of the songs on the album were inspired by Shannon’s experiences at a meditation retreat in the American Southwest. On his official website, Shannon writes, “I believe when music is combined with…

Billy Graham, one of the most influential evangelicals in history, is finally due for the big screen treatment. Variety reports that an independent film production has begun shooting the bio pic in Tennessee. Without any sex scandals or other juicy scandals in Graham’s past, it looks like the film will focus primarily on his early…

I’m a recently born fan of the HBO show “Big Love,” now in its third season, which focuses on a polygamous (they are very careful not to say “Mormon”) family in Utah. The twist is that the family–husband, three wives, a bunch of kids–live together and share a backyard and bank accounts within a non-polygamous…

Just recently, I wrote about how “Men In Trees” (starring Anne Heche) has quite a few interesting “religion” plotlines going this season, including one about a Christian pastor, Eric, who loses his Elmo church congregation because he’s unmarried and in a relationship with Sara, the former town prostitute–even though they’re practicing chastity. With the support…

We at Burn or Burn are always working hard to come up with good fire-related puns to attach to our recommendations (or disses) of today’s faith-minded albums, and we’d like to thank the Mountain Goats for making this one easy: there’s fire all over the place on the album; plus, you know, heretics. So let…

The Beliefnet Film Awards may be over, but we still thought you might be interested in checking out some of the winning films and performances. We have four sets of DVDs to give away—which each include a copy of “Amazing Grace,” “Into the Wild,” “Into Great Silence,” and “For the Bible Tells Me So.” Want…
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