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TV romcom queen Jen Lillie is having a Great American Christmas + George Clooney film inspires America to row together + Fox & Friends sets Christmas concert lineup
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John W. Kennedy
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…
“Wounded Tiger” author on the flight from Pearl Harbor to redemption + George Clooney helms inspirational “Boys in the Boat” + TBN special celebrates Hanukkah
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John W. Kennedy
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 (82 years…
Catholic convert Rob Schneider on his new family comedy and the moral hazard of Cancel Culture + “The Prince of Egypt: The Musical” arrives on home entertainment + The war to end veteran debt
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John W. Kennedy
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…
Author and disabled advocate Joni Eareckson Tada on how “The Practice of the Presence of Jesus” empowered her to surmount the challenge of quadriplegia and live a life of hope, gratitude and meaning
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John W. Kennedy
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…
A Thanksgiving story: Quadriplegic author, radio host and artist Joni Eareckson Tada on how practicing faith and gratitude has empowered her to live a wonderful life
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John W. Kennedy
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.…
40 years after “The Day After” + Angel Studios acquires “Bonhoeffer” + A Great American Family Thanksgiving
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John W. Kennedy
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)…
“Scrooge” becomes a Christmas podcast classic + In theaters: “Trolls Band Together”
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John W. Kennedy
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…
Is Rylie Glen the new Narnia? A conversation with Christian fantasy author Mike A. Arroyo
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 11/15/23 When fantasy meets truth. In my conversation with Keith Call (currently up on the Acton Institute’s Religion & Liberty Online), we spoke about the collection of essays he collected and edited by the late highly-regarded professor of English and literature Thomas Howard (1935–2020)…
Minno CEO on bringing biblically-themed animated adventure “Young David” to streaming +Don McLean’s “Jerusalem” remastered + Dallas Jenkins (“The Chosen”) to adapt beloved children’s novel for film
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 11/13/23 “It’s about the adventures of King David when he was a boy.” That’s basically the elevator pitch for Young David. The five-episode animated adventure premiered Friday on Minno, a streaming service that provides faith-themed content for kids. Erick Goss, company’s co-founder and CEO,…
Affirm Films chief Rich Peluso on bringing “Journey to Bethlehem” movie musical to theaters + Israel’s “SNL” takes on America’s Woke colleges + Tackling vet homelessness
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 11/10/23 The Christmas movie season arrives this weekend with the theatrical musical epic Journey to Bethlehem. The long-shot project, featuring Antonio Banderas as Herod, which has been a long time in coming was championed by Sony Affirm Senior VP Rich Peluso. JWK: How did…
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