Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/13/23 Family Man. Known for his roles in 1996’s Sling Blade, 2013’s Jackie Robinson biopic 42 (in which he played Pee Wee Reese), the blockbuster Fast and the Furious film series and the long-running TV show NCIS: New Orleans, Lucas Black has reached that…

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: 10/04/23 Jacqueline Fritschi-Cornaz portrays Mother Teresa in Mother Teresa & Me. The acclaimed film (that I reviewed here on Monday) which won first prize Rome’s Mirabile Dictu International Film Festival and has had successful releases in Switzerland, India and Latin America opens as a…

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