Faith, Media and Culture

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The Year of Living Musically. It’s been about a year now since for Father Ray Kelly of St. Brigid’s Catholic Church in the small manufacturing town of Oldcastle, Ireland captured the attention and hearts of ever since he captured the hearts of  over 40 people…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The beauty of imperfection. Shari Rigby began her career as a successful model and is now a sort-after actress whose roles include parts in such quality faith-themed movies as 2013’s Not Today (about human trafficking) and October Baby (about abortion survivors).  CNN named the…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1pz4j9rLVw Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact and Forgery (Episode 2) – The Bones of John the Baptist air tonight (3/8) on CNN @ 9:00 PM (ET) Mini-Review: Seems to me to be a bit sparser on the science side than last week’s premiere which looked…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. It was/is a very good year. As 2015 gains momentum, so too is the career of singer/songwriter Ellie Holcomb whose debut album As Sure As The Sun made Buzzfeed’s list of 2014’s Top 15 Standout Albums  — calling it “one of the most uplifting…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Stephen Colbert reflects on his Catholic faith. The late-night comedian visited America House hosted by America Magazine Editor-at-Large James Martin. (h/t Big Hollywood) Finding Jesus finds an audience. James Martin, a Jesuit priest, is among the contributors on CNN’s Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact and Forgery premieres tonight (3/1) on CNN @ 9:00 PM (ET) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQjYdcqeFkY&feature=youtu.be Mini-Review: Tonight’s premiere of the six-part CNN original series looks at the investigations into the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, believed by many to the burial cloth…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Planning ahead. Production began this week in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada on the Christmas-themed Angels in the Snow. The UP Premiere Movie stars Kristy Swanson (who played Buffy in the original film version of Buffy The Vampire Slayer) and Chris Potter (of the…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture Saying it in song. Mat Kearney has grown a following by writing and performing heartfelt songs that are life-affirming. His most recent album, 2011′s Young Love, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Digital Chart and #4 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. Just Kids,…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Living Boldly in a Culture of Unbelief. That the subtitle of The Politically Incorrect Jesus (BroadStreet Publishing), the new book from journalist and Renaissance Communications President Joe Battaglia which I recently reviewed and which inspires Christians (and other believers in timeless God-given principles) to…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Dancer and the Dame airs tonight (2/22) at 7:00 PM (ET) on UP TV. Synopsis (from the UP TV website): Down-and-out police detective Rick Dancer, struggling with a personal conflict, gives up on life and his job.  That all ends when he is paired…

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