Newsweek gives a brief plug this week to Spiritual Cinema Circle, which distributes spiritually oriented films on DVD to its paying members.
Must See TV: Evangelicals baptized in media America
When journalists want to know who “evangelical Christians” are and what they believe, one of the first people they call is the quotable pollster George Barna.
Dr. Alice Cooper: Integration of faith and hearing loss
Let me be the first — chicken in cheek — to chide The Arizona Republic for going with an Associated Press report instead of assigning one of its own reporters to cover such a fascinating Godbeat story in its own backyard. I look forward to the photos and coverage of the actual event.
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.
Hearing a ghost: NPR, HIV-AIDS, ABC and God
Is it possible to spot a God-beat ghost while listening to the radio? While driving in rush-hour traffic on I-95?
Attention journalists: Want reader reactions? (Heed Doug's post)
This may seem like a strange thing to do, but I want to encourage readers who are working journalists to do something after they have read Doug’s latest post on music tends in the church. Google the following words and then hang on — “worship wars.”
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:
Watching a tense story unfold in the Netherlands
Ah come on: Somebody make it 12 anti-Da Vinci Code books
Will the release of a paperback edition of “The Da Vinci Code” be a sign of the End Times? Will everyone who refuses to read Dan Brown’s anti-Bible masterwork be automatically raptured?
