Newsweek gives a brief plug this week to Spiritual Cinema Circle, which distributes spiritually oriented films on DVD to its paying members.
The little DVD club that could
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Randall Sullivan's battle with bias
You might think more journalists would like to interview Randall Sullivan about his latest book, The Miracle Detective, or to review it. The irony in his life is rich: a writer for Rolling Stone and Men’s Journal, author of a book investigating the deaths of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., and the son of atheists looks into possible apparitions of the Virgin Mary at Medjugorje and winds up a believer.
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The plugged-in revolution
Writing in the May edition of Touchstone magazine, senior editor S.M. Hutchens sees all sorts of dangers in contemporary church services that emphasize performers and egocentric lyrics. Hutchens begins his essay, “Please Me, O Lord,” by describing what he witnessed during his return to an evangelical congregation:
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A new first for Bishop Otis Charles
Since Gene Robinson was first elected at a diocesan convention in New Hampshire, hundreds of journalists — and I’m among them — have fallen back on the overly tidy shorthand that he is the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church.
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Separating Vatican fact from myth
John Allen Jr., Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter since 2000, delivered a speech earlier this month that humorously took apart five myths about the institution he covers. Candy Czernicki reported on Allen’s speech for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee’s Catholic Herald. Here are the five myths, with quotes from Czernicki’s report.
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Mel Gibson's latest exclusionist outrage
The Chicago Tribune reports on a trend of questionable size and gravity: Christians pressuring other Christians to see The Passion of the Christ against their will, and — wait for it — implying that Passion patrons are more holy than those not inclined to add to Mel Gibson’s record-setting box-office numbers.
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Another Passion fan: Quentin Tarantino
Kathy Shaidle of relapsed catholic is not impressed (“Makes me want to see it even less”) with Quentin Tarantino’s typically hyper remarks regarding The Passion of the Christ.
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Jaci Velasquez to the rescue
Susan Hogan/Albach of the Dallas Morning News, who sports one of the most colorful bylines on the Godbeat, has written the lede and quote of the month.
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Culture-wars rubbernecking
There’s a tangible quality of gloating in Michael Powell’s Washington Post story about the public dispute between Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry and his 24-year-old son, Jamiel, who has outed himself in Out magazine.
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