Faith, Media and Culture

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. After Oregon shootings, an idea’s time finally comes. Victims from previous mass shooting incidents have been  urging the media to cool it when it comes to giving the gunmen the recognition that they crave. Fortunately, their pleas may finally be having an impact. Here’s…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream airs Sunday (10/4) @ 9:00 PM (ET) on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. The two-hour film picks up where last month’s edition (titled Truth Be Told) left off. In this episode the postal detectives work against the clock to…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. SiriusXM has announced that Lakewood Church Pastor Joel Osteen and his wife and co-pastor Victoria Osteen will host an exclusive radio Town Hall broadcast from New York City this Sunday (10/5) at 5:00 PM (ET). The event will air on Joel Osteen Radio, the…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Pope Francis, Radio Star. The above video shows Catholic Channel hosts Lino Rulli (The Catholic Guy) and Fr. Dave Dwyer (The Busted Halo Show) enthusiastically reporting on the 2013 announcement of the selection of Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio (nka Pope Francis) as the…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Heavenly box office. Faith-themed films are on yet another winning streak winning streak at the box office. First War Room, the Kendrick Brothers’ movie about the power of prayer, stunned the industry by winning the Labor Day Weekend competition. The movie fell only 18%…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Video shows Planned Parenthood worries about bad press. Of course, you can’t help but wonder what they’d have to do to get it.  This is the tenth undercover video released by the citizen journalist group Center for Medical Progress that compellingly documents Planned Parenthood’s…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Positively different (Part 2). As previewed here yesterday, family viewing is getting a bit safer and easier to navigate with today’s debut of Dove Channel.  The new direct-to-consumer over-the-top (OTT) digital streaming subscription service is a partnership between the well-regarded family entertainment review group…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Positively different. Debuting tomorrow (Tuesday, 9/15), the joint venture between The Dove Foundation and Cinedigm is a direct-to-consumer over-the-top (OTT) digital network for families and kids seeking quality family-friendly content. Dove Channel will feature newly acquired and original programming, as well as offerings from…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Fall TV arrives early on UP and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. If you’re planning a relaxing Post-Labor Day weekend at home, here are a few TV offerings that may interest you. Dancin’ the Dream debuts tonight (Saturday, 9/12) @ 8:00 PM ET (with two…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf69T0DUkuQ Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer – Romans 12:12 90 Minutes in Heaven arrives in theaters today (Friday, 9/11). I’ve previewed the film (based on a New York Times bestseller) which makes a point of testifying to the importance…

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