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September 23, 2009 - Ramadan marathon: 30 mosques in 30 days

How many spiritual pilgrimages also include food reviews? By Solange De Santis, Religion News Service, NEW YORK—During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, New Yorkers Aman Ali, 24, and Bassam Tariq, 22, are breaking the 12-hour daily fasts at iftar dinners and prayer services at a different mosque each evening. […]


September 22, 2009 - Preachers praying harm to our President

Preachers praying harm to our President end up harming out country. By Kay Marshall Strom, Eugene author of 36 books, A minister in Tempe, Arizona, praying for the death of the president after delivering a sermon entitled “Why I hate Barak Obama”?  Other preachers, from California to South Carolina, telling […]


September 22, 2009 - Love Boat actor debuts in faith-based film: Secrets of Jonathan Perry

Fox News reports, “Macleod, 78, is a born again Christian now piloting a career in the Christian film industry, and starring in the movie “The Secrets of Jonathan Perry,” which opens this weekend.”I’ve worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Gregory Peck, Mary Tyler […]


September 21, 2009 - Anne Graham Lotz interview on new book Magnificent Obsession

Below is a transcript from a Georgene Rice KPDO FM interview with Anne Graham Lotz, the daughter of Billy Graham, and the author of “The Magnificent Obsession:  Embracing the God-Filled Life”. Georgene: When most people hear the word “obsession”, they immediately believe that connotes something that ought to be avoided, […]


September 20, 2009 - Animated Catholic film on real-life woman martyr 203 A.D.

New Animated Catholic Film Inspires Catholic Youth to Live With Fearless Faith – “The Story of Saint Perpetua” Wild animals could not shake her faith! By catholicheroesofthefaith.com In an age increasingly resistant to faith, no one is more vulnerable to secular attacks than our children. Catholic Heroes of the Faith […]


September 19, 2009 - Faith and Family Film Review: Love Happens

Faith and Family Film Review: Love Happens PG-13 By Office of Catholic Film and Broadcast —  Serious but overly slick romantic drama about a widowed self-help guru (Aaron Eckhart) who guides others through the grieving process but who, after returning to his wife’s hometown to host a seminar and falling […]


September 19, 2009 - Faith and Family Film Review: The Informant

Faith and Family Film Review: The Informant! – R Office of Catholic Film and Broadcasting — Diverting fact-based comedy about an up-and-coming agribusiness executive (Matt Damon) who suddenly turns whistleblower, revealing his company’s role in an international price-fixing scheme to the FBI, but his undercover collaboration with two special agents […]


September 18, 2009 - Baseball chaplain has dream job

Love of baseball leads to personal ministry By Sheila Allen By Sheila Allen, Northwest Baptist Witness NW Baptist Convention SPOKANE, Wash. — A childhood love of baseball has turned into a unique ministry for a Northwest pastor. “My attempts at organized sports took me as far as center field for […]


September 17, 2009 - Oregon filmaker heads to Hollywood

Dan Merchant is an Oregon filmmaker of a new film Lord save us from your followers which will hit nationwide theatrical release in 2009. By Dan Merchant, Lord Save us From Your Followers, We’re excited about a great event coming up in Los Angeles on Monday, September 21. There is […]


September 17, 2009 - Dangerous Ideas to host atheist, archbishop and feminist

If you can somehow catch a cheap fast flight to Australia you should enjoy this new festival on Oct 3rd at Sydney Opera House. Insight Scoop Reports; The Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, English-born international journalist, atheist and provocateur, Christopher Hitchens and outspoken feminist and academic, Germaine Greer are […]