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Investor/podcaster Charles Mizrahi weighs in on the media’s role in fueling worldwide anti-Semitism
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 06/02/21 Stocks may fluctuate but the unfortunate trend toward overt anti-Semitism in the media and elsewhere steadily rises. Charles Mizrahi is known as the editor of Alpha Investor Report, an online financial newsletter with more than 200,000 subscribers seeking his investment advice. Separately, he…
Singer B.J. Thomas dies+MMA fighter/Afghan war vet Chad Robichaux takes on PTSD with new film
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 05/31/21 Teardrops for B.J. Thomas. Five-time Grammy award winner and Grammy Hall of Fame inductee B.J. Thomas passed away at his home in Arlington, Texas on Saturday at the age of 78 from complications from stage four lung cancer. Known for his smooth, rich…
Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church helps launch Netflix’ “Blue Miracle” + My review
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 05/28/21 Blue Miracle sets sail from Houston. The inspirational nautical drama, which dropped yesterday on Netflix, was blessed with a special send off and screening at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church last night. Star/Houston native Dennis Quaid introduced the movie saying “I personally want to…
Dennis Quaid and Jimmy Gonzales talk about their roles in Netflix’s inspiring “Blue Miracle”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 05/26/21 Well cast. Movie legend Dennis Quaid (The Right Stuff, Soul Surfer, I Can Only Imagine) and promising film newcomer Jimmy Gonzalez (AMC’s Lodge 49, FX’s Mayans M.C.) are both on board Netflix’ inspirational fishing drama. Inspired by true events, Blue Miracle tells the…
Upfront TV talk+At Will Media’s Will Malnati presents sound ideas at IAB’s 2021 Podcast Upfront
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 05/24/21 In one era, out the other. And, just maybe, back in again. The Big 4 broadcast entertainment networks have unveiled their Fall 2021 Prime Time Schedules for advertisers last week. With exceptions, it’s mostly a standard mix of repetitive reality formats, smug sitcoms…
Donald Whitehead tackles homelessness from the POV of having lived through it+Movie Preview: “Respect”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 05/19/21 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. As the psalm says, Donald Whitehead believes God was with him during the depths of his five years of homelessness and credits…
Preview: Netflix’ inspirational “Blue Miracle” starring Dennis Quaid and Jimmy Gonzales
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 05/17/21 Inspired by a true story…Blue Miracle, chronicling the adventure washed-up sea captain Wade Malloy (Dennis Quaid) who in 2014 was reluctantly teamed with idealistic Cabo San Lucas orphanage caretaker Omar Venegas (Jimmy Gonzales) and his young charges in a high-stakes fishing competition to…
Brian Baugh’s “Finding You” is a real find (review/interview)+Angel Studios takes on “The Wingfeather Saga”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 05/14/21 Review: Finding You is Notting Hill for a new generation. If you’ve been waiting for Hollywood to rediscover how to do a romcom, you’re wait is over as Finding You arrives in theaters today. The film is both a well-made throwback to the…
Interview: Author Sarah J. Robinson on overcoming toxic theology and depression
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 05/12/21 Sarah J. Robinson once believed her lifelong battle with depression made her a bad Christian. Now, the author of the new book I Love Jesus, but I Want to Die: Finding Hope in the Darkness of Depression (WaterBrook) is speaking out to help others…
Interview: Ken Starr on his book “Religious Liberty in Crisis: Exercising Your Faith in an Age of Uncertainty”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 05/10/21 Dangerous times. He has argued 36 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and was the Independent Counsel whose investigation of President Clinton led to only the second presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history (following by 130 years the acquittal of President Andrew Johnson…
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