Faith, Media and Culture

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 03/13/23 A great Hollywood ending/beginning. Just when you’re almost ready to give up on the Academy Awards (and Hollywood) they deliver a moment like this. For those of you unfamiliar with Ke Huy Quan‘s inspirational journey check out Tracy Smith‘s illuminating profile on CBS…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 03/10/23 It was a week for Selective Outrage and finger-pointing in the media. Above is internet firebrand Russell Brand on Bill Maher’s Real Time confronting MSNBC talking head John Heilemann about his selective outrage regarding Fox News.  Good stuff! Bonus: A short time later,…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 03/08/23 Previously on Young Sheldon: Somewhere between the wokestream media and faith-based entertainment there’s CBS’ Young Sheldon. Despite being both extremely well-written and TV’s most popular broadcast comedy, The Big Bang Theory spinoff about the childhood and teen years of young Sheldon Cooper (Iian…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 03/06/23 Photo from Washington State’s Health Care Authority’s website page on Gambling Awareness Month. Long known for its March Madness, this is also, appropriately enough, Problem Gambling Awareness Month. As the Founder and President of Timothy Plan, which for over 20 years has helped…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 03/03/23 Write mother, write son. The epic six-episode miniseries A Thousand Tomorrows, based on the popular novel by the prolific and bestselling author Karen Kingsbury is currently streaming on Pure Flix (with new episodes dropping Fridays). The screenplay is a collaboration between her and…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 03/01/23 Dream rider. Rose Reid wrote her first script when she was 14 and helped produce short a film based on it when she was 16. She’s been hooked on making movies ever since. These days she’s gaining traction as an actress and is…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 02/27/23 Jesus Revolution scores big in weekend box office. Per Box Office Mojo the fact-based faith-themed film came in a strong third behind the MCU’s Ant-Man and the Wasp and the highly-hyped (emphasis on “highly”) drug-addled comedy Cocaine Bear making it the top-rated movie…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 02/24/23 The God Couple. Inspired by a true story (and famous Time Magazine cover), the film Jesus Revolution (rated PG-13) is based on the book of the same name co-written Harvest Christian Church Fellowship Pastor Greg Laurie whose younger self is actually a character…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 02/22/23 Angels among us. She first came to our collective attention when she played Monica on the classic inspirational drama Touched by an Angel that ran on CBS for nine seasons from 1994 to 2003. Since then Roma Downey has continued to grow a…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 02/17/23 Holy Hyphenate! Meet Art Ayris. The Executive Pastor at First Baptist Leesburg Church in Florida is also the CEO of Kingstone Comics and Kingstone Studios which, respectively, produce comic books and movies with a Christian worldview. The studio’s debut film, No Vacancy, produced…

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