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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The Bible vs. The Walking Dead. From The Wrap: History’s miniseries “The Bible” ended with a bang on Easter Sunday — but it was no match for the zombies of AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” which also aired its season finale Sunday. The “Bible” finale drew…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Hollywood notes success of History Channel miniseries. From The Hollywood Reporter: Will the success of The Bible foretell a slew of religious-themed movies and TV projects? Already in the works is Jesus of Nazareth, a six-hour, $20 million miniseries from production outfit MPCA. Note:…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Tebow at career Crossroad? According to TMZ, David Dginguerian, producer of the recent faith-based movie Crossroad, is wooing the openly-Christian and (for some reason) controversial NFL star for his next film. I spoke to Dginguerian and his wife/producing partner Amy Weber when Crossroad came…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Bible inspired TV trend continues with Killing Jesus adaptation. From The Wrap: The book, by Fox News Channel personality Bill O’Reilly and writing partner Martin Dugard, will be published Sept. 24. The film version will air globally on National Geographic Channels next year. Billed…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Amazing grace. From The Wrap: CBS, under fire from veterans for last week’s episode of “The Amazing Race” that featured a segment in Vietnam filmed at the site of a crashed American B-52, opened Sunday’s show with an apology…”Parts of last Sunday’s episode, filmed…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. A hero’s story. I’m a little late to the party celebrating journalist Rita Cosby‘s book Quiet Hero: Secrets from My Father’s Past (Simon & Schuster). Now in paperback, it first came out in 2010 and spent a decent amount of time on the bestseller lists…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Suddenly The Bible is hot TV. Between History Channel’s mega-hit miniseries The Bible and GSN’s hugely-successful game show The American Bible Challenge, which returns tonight (3/21) at 9:oo PM (ET) for a second season, the Good Book is proving to be a ratings bonanza…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. A family’s story of faith. From The Hollywood Reporter: Greg Kinnear is in negotiations to star in Heaven Is for Real, Sony Pictures’ adaptation of the best-selling true-life book by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent…Burpo is the small-town pastor whose 4-year-old son purportedly died…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. From Pope Francis’ installation mass homily. Let us not forget that hatred, envy and pride defile our lives! Being protectors, then, also means keeping watch over our emotions, over our hearts, because they are the seat of good and evil intentions: intentions that build…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Chip off the old block. As mentioned in this space yesterday, I had the opportunity to participate in a media conference aimed at bringing attention to tonight’s premiere (8:00 PM ET) of Walden Family Theater on Hallmark Channel. The first offering of the new…
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