Faith, Media and Culture

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 12/15/23 Tis the season for giving at Lifetime and Fox New Channel.Gift of a Lifetime. Each year during the holiday season, Lifetime honors a woman who has been identified as demonstrating selfless service. As the above video shows, this year the network  partnered with…

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The Lazarus Lesson. In his new book Come Forth, the prolific Catholic writer and America Magazine editor-at-large Fr. James Martin reflects on the transformative power of the biblical story of Lazarus and why two millennia later it remains as relevant as ever. JWK: Tell me about this book. Why did you choose Lazarus as as…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 12/11/23 Janelle Wood says she’s pro-choice on education – and pro-public schools too. The founder and CEO of the Arizona-based Black Mothers Forumis leading a growing movement to expand the growing concept of  microschools across the nation. JWK: Tell me about Black Mothers Forum.…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 12/08/23 A Paris Christmas Waltz starring Jen Lilley and Matthew Morrison debuted Nov. 19th on Great American Family. Jen Lilley is now lighting up Christmas for Great American Media. The actress went from roles in episodic TV shows (Criminal Minds and Castle) and films…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 12/06/23 “This is the unknown, true story about the other side of the Pearl Harbor Attack.” That’s author T. Martin Bennett‘s one-line description of Wounded Tiger, his historical nonfiction novel telling the story of the spiritual impact the attack on Pearl Harbor (42 years…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 12/04/23 Funny business. It was 1992 when Rob Schneider was elevated to the rank of main cast member on Saturday Night Live, a season many consider to be among the best in the show’s 49 year history. Sharing the stage with such rising comedic…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 11/24/23 It’s a wonderful life. In the first part of my conversation with Joni Eareckson Tada, the successful radio host, inspirational speaker, painter, author and founder of Joni and Friends (her ministry devoted to helping and showcasing those who, like her, are living with…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 11/22/23 The power of Thanksgiving. It was 1967 when a diving accident left then seventeen-year-old Joni Eareckson Tada a quadriplegic. About a dozen years later she founded Joni and Friends, her ministry devoted to helping and showcasing those living with disability around the world.…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 11/20/23 The anti-nuclear war TV movie The Day After aired on ABC 40 years ago today. The director, producers and some of the actors involved in the groundbreaking film of will join together at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, Kansas (where the movie was filmed)…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 11/17/23 The sound of Christmas future? So, last night I listened to the half-hour first part of Hope Media Group‘s four-episode audio adaptation of Scrooge: A Christmas Carol based on Charles Dickens‘ classic story first published in 1843. All four episodes are available now…

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