Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/11/23 The Isolation Pandemic. In May the US Surgeon General issued an advisory on “the public health crisis of loneliness, isolation, and lack of connection in our country.” The report asserts that the mortality impact of being socially disconnected is akin to smoking up…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/09/23 Indefensible. That’s the only word I can think of describe this weekend’s cruel and heartless attack on the people of Israel. Speaking of the vicious assault Israel singer-songwriter Don McLean – who penned the song Jerusalem – put out this statement: “It is…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/15/23 Blue sky TV rises. For the tenth consecutive month Great American Family is television’s fastest-growing network, this after growing its total day audience by 169% in August. The channel, a subsidiary of Great American Media (which is partly owned by Sony) is run…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/13/23 An impenetrable mystery. That’s how biographer Ellen Vaughn says the late Christian philosopher Elisabeth Elliot viewed the interplay between God and human choice. Speaking with me about her just released book Being Elisabeth Elliot for an interview currently up on The Acton Institute…

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