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Christy Haizlip talks about her life with Pastor Jay Haizlip and the experience of being part of Oxygen’s “Preachers of L.A.”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Note: I took an unexpectedly long weekend when a computer crash upset my plan to post this Monday. But, thanks to support from the good folks at Carbonite and Geek Squad, I’m up and running again. My thanks to the techies that helped me…
Hallmark’s “Hunters” is fun for the whole family + ARC Entertainment CEO Terry Drinkwater talk about making the film
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Family adventure. The Hunters (based on the Joshua Williamson graphic novel Mirror, Mirror) debuts tonight (10/25) at 8:00 PM (ET) on The Hallmark Channel’s Walden Family Theater. Synopsis: Based on the infamous magical mirror from Snow White, the story follows Paxton Flynn (Robert Amell)…
On the hunt for family programming: Walmart exec explains why Walmart and P&G are supporting “Walden Family Theater” on The Hallmark Channel
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The family business. The Hunters, the fourth original family movie to premiere under the Walden Family Theater banner premieres tomorrow night (10/25) at 8:00 PM (ET) on The Hallmark Channel. Like Return to Nim’s Island, Space Warriors, Dear Dumb Diary and The Watsons Go…
Former pro-skateboarder Jay Haizlip talks about his rough path to the pulpit — and Oxygen’s “Preachers of L.A.”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. He said, She Said (Part 1). Oxygen appears to have a new hit on its hands with Preachers of L.A., its new reality following six successful church pastors from the Southern California area. While generating strong ratings, the show has also sparked a “prosperity Gospel”…
Natalie Grant’s whirlwind success continues with “Hurricane”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Grammy-nominated, five-time Dove Award-winning Female Artist of the Year Natalie Grant makes her Grand Ole Opry debut tonight (10/22) as Women Rock For The Cure in the fight against breast cancer. The fifth annual Opry Goes Pink show will feature Grant alongside award winning…
44th Annual GMA Dove Awards, hosted by Amy Grant & Kirk Franklin, airs tonight on UP TV
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Good music. Tonight (10/21) at 8 PM ET, UP TV presents the 44th annual Dove Awards hosted by Amy Grant and Kirk Franklin. The Gospel Music Association event, broadcast live from Nashville’s Lipscomb University, will celebrate the year’s best in inspirational Gospel and Christian music.…
Despite minor flaws, UP TV’s “Saving Westbrook High” movie would make a good TV series
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Saving Westbrook High premieres tonight (10/20) at 7:00 PM ET in UP TV. Synopsis (from the UP TV website): Manny Cortez is uprooting his family – wife Teresa and daughters Selena, 14 and Gabriella, 12 – so that they can go to Westbrook High…
Stephen Baldwin talks about his role in the gritty faith-based “I’m in Love with a Church Girl” and why he’s hot again in Hollywood
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Baldwin’s back! When I last spoke with Stephen Baldwin, he was talking passionately about directing singer/songwriter Cory Lamb‘s music video Break the Cycle, which he described as a sort of anthem to all those who are, in one way another, moving from darkness into…
Utter “Linsanity”! Producer of Jeremy Lin doc talks about bringing the Christian hoop star’s story to the screen
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. He shoots! He scores! After a strong limited release opening, Linsanity, the documentary about openly Christian basketball star Jeremy Lin, is expanding into more theaters this weekend. I talked with producer Christopher Chen about how the film came about and what it’s like to…
Child lit author Maryann MacDonald talks about writing “The Christmas Cat” and “Odette’s Secrets”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The storyteller. Maryanne MacDonald has a gift for writing children’s stories that appeal to adults as well. Her latest work, The Christmas Cat (which imagines a relationship between the Child Jesus and a cat), is available today (10/17). She says it, as well as…
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