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This is the way Sports Illustrated’s Rick Reilly explains what is happening to the Colorado Rockies this fall: “When it seemed even [Rockies fans’] patience had run out, God looked down and said, ‘Oh, geez, are those people still believers? Send them a gift basket.'” It’s gotta be God, right? The good people of Colorado–my…

For a group of three mothers who left India to start life anew, living in the new world brings new experiences and presents new challenges. Their daughters, Kiran, Preity, and Rani, call their mothers “The Hindi Bindi Club,” also the name of Monica Pradhan’s novel about coming home, to a suburb of Washington D.C. for…

Not having HBO, I am only now plowing through the “The Sopranos“–all of it–on DVD and am still far from the much-dissected ending. But not living under a rock, I am well aware of the diner, onion rings, Journey song, and fade to black. Now the series’ creator, David Chase, is speaking out about the…

Where have all the evangelicals gone? And for that matter, how about the Catholics? The Americans? Anyone who has remote respect for–and belief in–the Bible? Last week, I heard about a controversy over Disney Radio refusing to mention the word “God” in the advertising for “The Ten Commandments,” the new animated movie starring Ben Kingsley,…

“Music Within” tells the story of Vietnam vet Richard Pimentel (Ron Livingston), who returns home with a severe hearing loss. Coping with his own new disability, Richard befriends a genius (Michael Sheen) with cerebral palsy, another veteran (Yul Vasquez) suffering from alcoholism, and and girl into “free-love” (Melissa George). Richard eventually becomes a tireless advocate…

Remember the “Seinfeld” episode in which Jerry and George try to convince a reporter that they aren’t a gay couple, but try to come across as politically correct by spouting the phrase, “Not that there’s anything wrong with that?” It’s that mockingly PC catch phrase that immediately came to mind when I read that Jerry…

Controversial Catholic singer, Sinead O’Connor–who you may remember as “that woman who ripped up the a photo of Pope John Paul II on TV” is currently on tour promoting her new album, “Theology.” The two-CD set consists of an acoustic and full-band version of 11 songs, most written by O’Connor herself, and based on passages…

Have you ever noticed that some of the world’s sexiest celebrities have made appearances in movies, and TV movies, about the Bible? Believe me, I have! I know it’s completely naive, but I tend to think about ancient religious figures as looking like replicas of the illustrated drawings from the Children’s Bible that I grew…

After spending last year writing about all of the reasons why more people needed to watch NBC’s “Friday Night Lights”, I wanted to wait and give the show a chance to redeem itself from its terrible premiere episode that caused fan controversy before it even aired. However, after watching last Friday’s episode, I can no…

Though fellow blogger Doug Howe and I both consider ourselves Midwestern evangelical types, we certainly have been known to strongly disagree once in awhile when it comes to movies–especially overtly religious ones. He enjoyed “The Nativity Story.” I , on the other hand, well, not so much. He gave a glowing review to the new…
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