Faith, Media and Culture

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 02/02/24 An actor who won’t pretend. If there was ever a natural actor it’s Ricky Schroder. He was just nine days shy of his ninth birthday when, without ever having taken a single acting lesson, he made his film debut in 1979’s The Champ.…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 01/31/24 Appreciating the eternal value of work. I’ve previously spoken with entrepreneur and Mere Christians podcaster Jordan Raynor about his previous books, including Redeeming Your Time: 7 Biblical Principles for Being Purposeful, Present & Wildly Productive and The Creator in You, in which he…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 01/29/24 When you wish a upon a Star. Move over, Disney+. Saturday marked the first anniversary of the launch of the upstart faith and family (and free) streamer Canyon Star TV by country music singer and media visionary Joey Canyon and his programming-savvy business…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 01/26/24 Bordering on Madness. If your finding yourself scratching your head wondering how America has produced political leaders who don’t believe America’s southern border is worth maintaining, you might want to catch watch Poison Ivy. That’s the really on-target title of a documentary I…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 01/24/24 Merchant of death? Sure, Dan Merchant gained industry cred as a producer, writer and director for the zombie-focused Syfy horror series Z Nation and is currently performing all those services on Going Home, the hospice-centered dramedy he created currently streaming on Great American…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 01/22/24 From the Washington Post (following the Iowa Caucus): Republican front-runner Donald Trump added Iowa’s most religious regions to his strongholds in Monday’s caucuses. He combined religious areas with the state’s lower-income and less educated counties to pull a majority of all caucus voters,…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 01/19/24 From CNN: At first glance, the image looks like a standard drawing that could easily be found in the pages of a medical textbook or on the walls of a doctor’s office. But what sets apart the illustration of a fetus in the…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 01/17/24 $aving democracy. That seems to be a major catchphrase for Campaign ’24 – though there is disagreement across the land on where the threat is coming from. Some say the right, some say the left, some say both – and some view money…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 01/15/24 Is this what the world is coming to? Campaign 2024 officially gets underway today in Iowa. Whatever the results, the year ahead is looking to be a wild one that will claw at the seams of the national fabric. The upcoming movie Civil…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 01/12/24 Country legend Lee Greenwood to tackle acting in Vision Films’ coming-of-age drama A Nashville Wish. The film will have a limited theatrical release on Friday, February 2nd and will be available on VOD beginning February 27th. The movie is based on the award-winning…

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