Faith, Media and Culture

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 11/17/21 Kirk Cameron’s very public faith journey has included Growing Pains that have led to current Takeaways. Takeaways, of course, being the name of the ’80s-’90s era teen TV star’s new talk show which airs Mondays at 9:00 PM (ET) on TBN. JWK: So,…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 11/08/20 Spinning a Christmas tale. I first spoke with Raymond Arroyo in 2020 following the release of his children’s book The Spider to Save Christmas. A year later, with some deeming it a new holiday classic, he’s on the road for a special national…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 11/08/21 Unforgotten. Stella ter Hart found success as well-known composer and musical accompanist. Now semi-retired and (with her husband) the owner of a large and flourishing apple orchard, she is literally enjoying the fruits of her labor. She has also found time to write…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 11/05/21 The big deal. On September 15, 2020, President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and representatives from the nations of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates gathered on the South Lawn of the White House to sign the groundbreaking Middle East peace…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 11/03/21 Do It for a Day: How to Make or Break Any Habit in 30 Days. That’s the at-once provocative and promising title of the just-released book from motivational speaker and National Community Church Pastor Mark Batterson. JWK: What led you to tackle this…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 11/01/21 It’s a wonderful life. Kelly Lang, seen and heard above delivering a powerful live tribute performance of her hit song I’m Not Going Anywhere honoring cancer fighters and care givers, is a prolific singer/songwriter from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, who has called Hendersonville, Tennessee…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/29/21 Are UPtv and Fox Nation offering great Christmas programming this year? Yule by the judge of that.  The family-friendly cable channel UPtv will be celebrating Christmas with nine World Premiere Movies and two Cable Premiere Movies. Last year, UPtv’s year-end holiday programming drew…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/27/21 The Woker Years. Co-created by Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick, Netflix‘s six-episode limited series Colin in Black & White chronicles Kaepernick’s coming of age in the early 2000s as a half African-American child (according to Wikipedia his birth mother was white) adopted into…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/22/21   Timeless advice. In Part 1 and Part 2 of my conversation with serial entrepreneur and Call to Mastery podcast host Jordan Raynor we talked in depth about the time-management advice in his insightful new Redeeming Your Time: 7 Biblical Principles for Being…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/20/21 Your time is sacred. So says serial entrepreneur and Call to Mastery podcast host Jordan Raynor in his new Redeeming Your Time: 7 Biblical Principles for Being Purposeful, Present, and Wildly Productive (WaterBrook). We touched on the first four or those principles in…

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