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There’s lots of outrage on the left over the Smithsonian’s decision to bow to political pressure and pull a video of Jesus Christ covered in ants from a Christmas-timed exhibit entitled “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture”. Predictably, the cries of government censorship followed. One commenter to an item that appeared on this blog…

I’m not exactly losing sleep over this stuff but here are a few news items currently residing in my “Annoying” file. Kathy Griffin returns to co-host CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live.  Annoying because the woman often seems to go out of her way to gratuitously offend Christians. I doubt she’d be back if she engaged…

Blatant double standards by media personalities continually amaze me. Joy Behar got on incoming House Speaker John Boehner’s case for tearing up (again) during an interview with Leslie Stahl on 60 Minutes. Stahl had asked Boehner about his, by now well-known, proclivity to turn on the waterworks in public. Behar’s comments followed a clip of…

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the new installment of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia saga to hit theaters topped the domestic and international box office over the weekend. While its $24.5 million domestic take has been deemed “underwhelming” by some analysts,   its $67 million international take may be harder to ignore. From the…

20th Century Fox and Walden Media’s efforts to promote The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the new movie opening today based on the third episode of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia saga, to Christian audiences has been taking a hit over the past few days over comments by actor Liam Neeson (who provides the voice…

Billionaires give back. Read Story. Add Facebook co-founders  Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz to the list of billionaires who have signed the Giving Pledge, a document put forth by Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffet to encourage fellow billionaires to commit publicly to giving away most of their wealth the charitable causes. The…

Fishing where there are fish. The Wrap reports that Fox and Walden Media are reaching out directly to Christian audiences to promote Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third film based on The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis’ epic fantasy saga steeped in Christian theological symbolism, coming to theaters this weekend. From The Wrap: draw_160X600A();…

Books can make excellent (and personal) Christmas gifts. Giving the right one for the right person can be quite rewarding.  Here are some that have come to my attention over the past year, some of which might be perfect for someone special in your life. FICTION Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce (Walden Pond Press)Excellent for…

Some new headlines involving Faith & Media: Leave it to Beaver.  View trailer to Mel Gibson’s potential comeback vehicle. Directed and co-starring his friend Jodie Foster the plot of The Beaver is described as “an emotional story about a man on a journey to re-discover his family and re-start his life. Plagued by his own demons,…

A Walk in My Shoes, the third edition of the Walmart – P&G Family Movie Night franchise debuts tonight (Friday) at 8:00 PM (ET) on NBC and I’d recommend it for anyone tired of cynical television — as trite cynicism has, unfortunately, become the medium’s norm. The quirky storyline follows Trish Fahey (Nancy Travis), a…
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