Faith, Media and Culture

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 04/12/24 Profile in courage. The storytelling career of Dan Gordon took off forty years ago when Michael Landon chose him to be executive story editor of his new TV show Highway to Heaven. The show would go on to become a huge hit for…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 04/10/24 Lifting up storytellers who uplift the human spirit through film, television and books. For its milestone 75th awards presentation the Catholic nonprofit founded in 1945 by Maryknoll Father James Keller to honor the Judeo-Christian tradition of service to God and humanity – and…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 04/08/24 Mel Harris: From thirtysomething to Going Home. The late eighties and early nineties was something of a golden age for heartfelt character-driven ensemble dramas on broadcast network television. Two exemplifiers of the form were thirtysomething (1987-91) on ABC and Northern Exposure (1990-95) on…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 04/02/24 The Queen of All Media. With more than 25 million copies of her award-winning books in print and a recent TV miniseries, Karen Kingsbury has already established herself as one of America’s great storytellers. Now, with with a TV show based on her…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 03/29/24 Hope Opera. That’s the term producer Roma Downey uses to describe The Baxters. Based on the bestselling series of novels by Karen Kingsbury, the family drama just debuted on Amazon Prime Video. Here she talks about why she fought for so long to…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 03/27/24 Keeping Christ in Easter. Some Christians view the Easter Bunny the same way they do Santa Clause – as a secular commercialized distraction from sacred events pivotal to the faith. With The Story of the First Easter Bunny, noted Christian author Anthony DeStefano,…

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Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 03/25/24 Nightline with a biblical perspective. After hosting the weekly Mideast-focused program The Watchman since 2016, Christian journalist Erick Stakelbeck is joining TBN‘s weekday schedule with Stakelbeck Tonight (premiering tonight at 7:30 PM ET on TBN with a rebroadcast at 10:30 PM ET) .…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 03/22/24 Tony Orlando ties a bow on his concert career. The last one is tonight at the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. However, just because the 79-year-old music icon (who’s been touring since he was 16) is drawing the curtain on his traveling concerts, that…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 03/20/24 Dawn of a new day. His music career began in 1959 when, at the age of 15, he formed a doo-wop group called The Five Gents. While the group didn’t last, their demo drew the attention of famed music producer Don Kirshner who…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 03/18/24 Let’s hear it for the dog! Audiences certainly gave Arthur the King a hand with a coveted A CinemaScore. Unfortunately, the $7.5 million the movie pulled in over its opening weekend was below expectations (though good enough for third place). Inspired by a…

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