Faith, Media and Culture

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Anyone who watches Fox News knows the face of Father Jonathan Morris, the Catholic priest and author (The Promise: God’s Purpose and Plan for When Life Hurts and  newest book is God Wants You Happy: From Self-Help to God’s Help) who comments regularly on…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. John Tesh: King of All Media. Forget about Howard Stern. John Tesh is the real deal when it comes to multimedia success. The former local reporter first found national fame as the long-time co-host of Entertainment Tonight,  a post the composer/musician left to focus…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Family/Faith-Based Entertainment Summit. Variety, in association with Rogers & Cowan, is holding the event next week (Thursday, June 21). The Summit will explore the development, production and marketing of positive content and explore the future of these markets. Speakers will include Walden…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The cultural wisdom of Fred Rogers. PBS is out with a new video that puts one of the gentle monologues of the late iconic Presbyterian minister/kids ‘ show host (Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood) to music. In it he talks about the power of imagination to…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Last weekend was a big one for faith-based films — both of which received a lot of attention from this blog.  Here are the results:  For Greater Glory, the epic story of a fight for religious liberty in 1920’s-era Mexico, pulled in an impressive…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. For Greater Glory: Epic and timely. Synopsis: In the late 1920’s, a ragtag group of Mexicans take up resist their government’s crackdown on religious liberty — a crackdown, in this instance, directed at the Catholic Church.   Enrique Gorostieta Velarde (Andy Garcia),…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. John Schneider talks about his role in Hardflip. John Schneider first gained stardom in the role of Bo Duke on the iconic ’70’s-80’s TV series The Dukes of Hazzard and more recently found fame with a younger generation playing Jonathan Kent, Clark Kent’s adoptive…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Randy Wayne on his role in  Hardflip. The 30-year-old whose resume includes recurring roles on ABC Family’s The Lying Game and The Secret Life of the American Teenager, as well as guest turns on shows ranging from HBO’s True Blood, TV Land’s Hot in…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Yesterday, this space featured an interview with Eduardo Verástegui (Bella)  in which he spoke about his riveting supporting role as Anacleto González Flores in the historical epic For Greater Glory which opens in U.S. theaters next Friday (June 1).  The story, as noted, chronicles the…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. It’s ironic that For Greater Glory, a film about Mexico’s little-discussed Cristero War, an early 20th century uprising against government intrusion on religious liberty, is set to open in the U.S. next Friday (June 1). Coming less than two weeks after 43 Catholic institutions…

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