This past weekend, I experienced my first sermon delivered by video. The church I go to is preparing to go multi-site later this year, so video sermons are something I’ll need to get used to since our pastor will rotate between campuses in an unannounced, where’s Waldo sort of fashion.
I have to admit as the [...]
(or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Like the Lost Series Finale)
WARNING: SPOILERS Do not read this if you haven’t seen the Lost Finale.
Until the final scenes in a Los Angeles church, I was completely in love with the Lost series finale. And then Christian Shephard spoke.
I have always viewed Lost as a network [...]
Opening disclaimer: This isn’t really a Lost column. I say that because it starts there and I don’t want to scare off non-Losties or those who aren’t caught up. (There will be no spoilers. No details. No nerdy inside-talk.) Instead, the show has—as it often does—pushed me to think of things beyond islands, plane crashes [...]
If you’ve seen the “Don’t Talk to Me” commercial for McDonald’s coffee, I’m betting it annoys you. If you haven’t seen it, here it is:
I am completely irritated by this commercial. I mean, I understand not everyone is a morning person. And I know this is a commercial—it’s gonna exaggerate the consumer’s need for a [...]
I’m a sucker for the Olympics. I’m not sure why, but for several weeks every two years my evenings consist of my wife and I sitting on the couch and watching an evening full of events. Like every Olympic year, NBC rolls out a whole shlew of stories featuring athletes and their emotional struggles that [...]
Leading up to this year’s Super Bowl, there was some controversy about a pro-life ad from Focus on the Family. The commercial featured Heisman Trophy Winner Tim Tebow and his mom Pam, who talked about her decision not to have an abortion (without actually saying the word abortion). Pro-choice groups criticized CBS for accepting [...]
Last week, I watched every episode of Conan O’Brien’s The Tonight Show, all of David Letterman’s monologues, two full episodes of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and various viral bits from other shows. But the thing is: I never watch late night talk shows except for bits I find online. So why did I watch? [...]
A while back, I read about an interesting experiment on PhilCooke.com.
Worried about the real motivation of TV evangelists, Mary Hutchinson, a veteran in direct mail and fundraising, tested several TV ministries by sending them $20 and a letter asking how to accept Christ.
“After 45 days, I had heard from more than 95% of them,” she [...]
Before one fateful week this fall, I’d never watched a minute of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). All I knew was what I’d read, heard or glimpsed while channel surfing—headlines about mixing money and ministry, a reputation for being cheesy, a talk-show set with golden thrones, and some woman with big pink hair.
I was intrigued [...]