Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Touchback is personal statement of faith for producer/star Brian Presley. The football-themed family about how challenges can become blessings opens in a nationwide limited release on Friday, April 13th. Synopsis:  Touchback tells the story of Scott Murphy (Brian Presley), a former high…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. “To change the world, he first has to change himself.” That’s the poster line for Unlimited.  The upcoming film follows the saga of Simon Orwell, an electrical engineering student who, after being  kicked out of MIT, teams up with a former professor…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Davy Jones is dead. From The Wrap/AP:  Davy Jones, a former actor turned singer who helped propel the TV rock band The Monkees to the top of the pop charts and into rock `n’ roll history, died Wednesday in Florida. He was…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s “Way” with words. During his historic address to Pope Benedict over the weekend, New York’s newly-elevated spiritual leader offered something of a movie review: “We as believers, must have at heart even those people who consider themselves agnostics or…

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