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In “Are We There Yet?” comedian Jeff Allen finds the funny – and meaning – in despair
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/06/23 Jeff Allen arrives. In his new memoir Are We There Yet? – My Journey from a Messed Up to a Meaningful Life the 67-year-old veteran comedian somehow finds the funny in Ecclesiastes, the biblical book he says God used to rescue him from…
Artist Ruth Poniarski’s “Journey of the Self” included an unfortunate PCB-induced descent into paranoia and mental illness
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 06/21/23 A cautionary tale of hope. In her self-revealing memoir Journey of the Self: Memoir of an Artist painter/poet Ruth Poniarski bravely presents a portrait of her younger self in the New York of the late 1770s and early 1980s when, after unintentionally ingesting PCP…
“Lincoln’s God” author Joshua Zeitz on the role the 16th president’s faith played in ending slavery and changing America
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 06/19/23 The journey to Juneteenth began with Emancipation. Delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1st, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation only went so far in ending American slavery as it only applied to states still in rebellion against the Union. It did not apply…
Director Chris Robinson shoots for a unifying message with story of young LeBron James + Disney’s brand crisis is dragging down its ABC broadcast subsidiary
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 06/01/23 Young LeBron James. Just as TV’s Young Sheldon reaches back into the youth of Sheldon Cooper, the fictional Nobel Prize winner from The Big Bang Theory, Peacock’s Shooting Stars tells the origin story of the real-life basketball legend LeBron James. Based on the…
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