I have just spent a weekend talking about SpongeBob Squarepants. Was that in my plans for the weekend? No. Would I really have chosen to do that except for the conversation being driven by other people’s near hysteria? No. I have to admit that I
I’ve only seen the picture twice, for a total of twenty or thirty seconds, but its image burned a permanent path in my brain synapses. There are fresh cuts on the man’s cheek, where someone brutalized him with a sharp object. His face is also
And that means everyone, even those you don’t like I’ve been getting Selma Massey’s hate mail. Ever since Focus on the Family decided to run a piece on their Website about Dr. Massey’s new TV show in Detroit, serendipitously called “Whosoever,” I’ve been deluged. The
It’s a typical parent’s dilemma. Their child comes home from a trip with friends with a whole new look. Shorter hair, different clothes, new attitude — it’s a combination sure to equal parental stress. “I had short hair before I left!” the daughter notes indignantly.
News release LOS ANGELES — Refusing to be intimidated by a rare winter thunderstorm, twenty-six Christian ministers and Jewish rabbis waded through the flooded streets of West Los Angeles on their cold, wet march to the international headquarters of the Fox Family Channel. “We’re seeking
Hello, my name is Candace, and I’m a Xena addict. I already hear the cries of, “What’s up with that? I thought this was going to be an article about surviving a spiritual crisis.” It will be … it is … but one must begin
It’s Sunday night in Atlanta. Hundreds of people pack a popular place to hear some good gospel music. The organ music begins as the people chat with each other and make themselves comfortable. The music builds and the announcement is made, “Please welcome, Morticia DeVille
Most Americans don’t even know that the popular, G-rated Family Channel was founded by televangelist Pat Robertson and is run by his son, Tim, as a very profitable “outreach” of Pat’s non-profit Christian Broadcasting Network. The Virginian-Pilot reported (Feb. 12) that Fox and other communication