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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Risen opens nationwide in theaters tomorrow (2/19). Synopsis (from the film’s website): Risen is the epic Biblical story of the Resurrection, as told through the eyes of a non-believer. Clavius (Joseph Fiennes), a powerful Roman military tribune, and his aide, Lucius (Tom Felton), are…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. From Sony’s AFFIRM FILMS division,  Risen tells the epic story of Clavius (Joseph Fiennes), a non-believing Roman Military official assigned to find Jesus’ missing body following the Resurrection. Maria Botto plays Mary Magdalene. The film was screened at the Vatican last week and in…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Healing Music. Jeannie Ortega, who I have come to know through some Mastermedia events, was just 19 when she found success as a recording artist via the hit 2006 album No Place Like BKLYN. Here she is talking about her personal faith journey and…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Luther meets the Pope. Joseph Fiennes, who played Protestant Reformation initiator Martin Luther in a 2003 biopic,  met Pope Francis in Vatican City yesterday. Fiennes is in the city with actress Mario Botto and the producers of Sony Pictures’ upcoming faith-themed film Risen which…

Born to Win (Lionsgate Home Entertainment) arrives on DVD (plus Digital) and On Demand today (2/15). From the producer of the hit faith film Faith Like Potatoes, which sold over 2.2 million DVDs in 17 languages worldwide, the moving drama is based on the true story of Leon Terblanche, a teacher at a school for…

Francis the First. In a cinematic first, Pope Francis will become the first pontiff to act in a scripted movie. In AMBI Pictures’ Beyond the Sun, Pope Francis portrays himself in an inspirational story based on Gospel parables. The concept for the feature film is said to have emanated from Francis himself who asked the…

Building on its successful Love Finds You romantic movie franchise, UP TV will debut Love Finds You In Valentine (#LoveFindsYou) on Valentine’s Day, Sunday, February 14 at 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM (ET). Based on the popular book by Irene Brand, the Nebraska-set movie stars Diogo Morgado (Son Of God, The Messengers), Michaela McManus (Aquarius, One Tree…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Dove Channel fills a market void. It’s been  few months now since Cinedigm Entertainment Group bowed Dove Channel, a family and faith-friendly streaming network comprised of movies and series programming bearing the official approval seal of its venture partner The Dove Foundation.  Since the…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Close encounters of the heavenly kind. Texas homemaker-turned-lay minister and author Jennifer Wilder Morgan debut novel Come to the Garden focuses on how sharing divine encounters can draw people closer to God. Inspired by her ministry at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Morgan believes that…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Check out Matthew West’s newest music video. John W. Kennedy is a writer/development consultant specializing in teleplays, screenplays and novelizations. He can be reached at john@jwkmedia.com. Encourage one another and build each other up – 1 Thessalonians 5:11
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