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Television’s crankiest yet most lovable doctor, Gregory House, has finally returned with fresh episodes, and last night’s storyline proved that the doc is an equal opportunity religious offender. House has mocked Christians many times for faith in a God who, he says, doesn’t exist. But last night he turned his disdain for religous zeal toward…

Here at Beliefnet, we’re frequently asked to comment in the media about religious happenings and headlines, and this morning I was a guest on the local NPR station’s “Brian Lehrer Show,” discussing the death of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The other guest for the segment was Donovan, one of the Maharishi’s most dedicated and outspoken celebrity…

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who introduced the Fab Four, as well as a number of other celebrities, like Mia Farrow and David Lynch, to the benefits of Transcendental Meditation, has died. Check out the 1968 video clip below where the Beatles accompany Maharishi to the city of Rishikesh where the spiritual leader had an ashram.

This Sunday night, February 10th, the music industry will hand out top honors when CBS airs the 50th annual Grammy Awards. I don’t watch award shows, but this is the 50th anniversary of the Grammys, after all. There’s plenty of hoopla scheduled to (maybe) make it worth spending almost four hours in front of the…

The “Possessed” column in last Sunday’s New York Times Style Section has Shalom Harlow waxing (not so poetically, but still) about her meditation habits and percussion instruments–which include both tapping (as in tap dancing) and playing the drums. Harlow says that drumming “puts you in this really interesting space” that’s both “meditative” and satisfyingly noisy,…

I’m an unabashed devotee of the Religion of Romance, but I must admit, the last year’s cinema offerings (or lack of them) left me a bit spiritually starved. As far as straight-up romance goes, I can’t think of a single picture in 2007 that wowed me or that sticks in my memory as a must-see-again.…

In case you haven’t heard, today marks the release of the new praise and worship compilation album, “God of This City,” by Passion, a group of Christian musicians and speakers that form the Passion movement. Included on the album are new live songs by Chris Tomlin, The David Crowder Band, Matt Redman, Charlie Hall, and…

Every network that broadcasts live TV sports offers several versions of pregame shows, which are usually pretty boring. They serve as great fare for those in sports bars, people having parties, and lonely types who have nothing else to do but watch ex-jocks talk about what might or might not happen in an upcoming game.But…

In the growing (and potentially nauseating!) world of reality TV, yesterday’s Super Bowl once again proved that professional sports are still the absolute best reality TV programming on the air. And, occasionally, it’s not only entertaining, but inspiring, as in yesterday’s game, when David beat Goliath! There’s something in all of us that understands and…

When is a Romanian movie about abortion in the dark days under Communism not about Romania or Communism? When it opens in the United States, where abortion and childbirth is not only a political issue, but a hot topic in theaters. Critics have noted the bleak contrast between the Golden Globe-nominated “4 Months, 3 Weeks…
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