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July 6th, 2011
Letting go of projections and negative judgments
A friend told me she'd given up negative thinking for Lent this year. "How hard could that be?" I thought. "Way easier than giving up ...
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June 29th, 2011
Get in Touch with Nature:
Go for a hike
It doesn't matter if you live near the mountains -- going for ...
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June 27th, 2011
I am lucky to have intelligent friends. They help edit my prose and engage me in witty conversation. And while I value them greatly, I ...
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May 31st, 2011
The tragedy of trapping religious art
First there's lights out, then there's lock up.
Masterpieces serving maximum sentences;
It's their own fault for being timeless.
There's a price you pay and a consequence.
All the ...
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May 17th, 2011
Why this show's exploration of faith vs. reason is so appealing
Exploring the tension between faith and reason is just one of the many interesting elements of the television series, Bones, currently in its sixth season on Fox, and one that keeps me watching each week. ...
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May 9th, 2011
Roland Joffé's new film is part biopic, part inspirational drama, part epic war story
For some, it will not be possible to separate the movie There Be Dragons from their views about Opus Dei, as it tells the story of that organization's founder, St. Josemaría Escrivá. The majority of ...
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May 3rd, 2011
The man who plays St. Josemaria Escrivá in the upcoming There Be Dragons talks about forgiveness, Opus Dei and how playing a saint has affected him
When I talked last week with Charlie Cox about his role as St. Josemaria Escrivá in the movie There Be Dragons (written and directed by ...
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April 8th, 2011
The story of surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost an arm in a shark attack, is one of struggle and faith
Bethany Hamilton never really saw the 14-foot tiger shark that bit off her arm in the Hawaiian waters. In the recreation of that scene in Soul Surfer, a film that follows the incident and its ...
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April 3rd, 2011
Neil Jordan's take on one of history's most infamous popes is just not interesting
When legendary filmmaker George Cukor was asked what he thought about his 1935 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, he said if he could do it ...
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March 30th, 2011
When your team is far from the Final Four
Half the fun of the World's Fair is the train ride getting there.
My dad frequently mutters this spiffy mantra to himself, having been in attendance ...
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February 24th, 2011
A universal tale of community, faith and the value of suffering
The first images of the monks' daily lives in Of Gods and Men are peaceful ones: They tend to gardens, pour jars of golden honey, ...
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February 23rd, 2011
Spiritual questions from this year's Oscar-nominated shorts
Murder, sex, war, love and prayer.
The subject matters of five short films you'll catch glimpses of if you're tuning in to the Oscars this year, ...
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February 22nd, 2011
An Oscars preview
There is something remarkably innocent and pure about the Academy Awards which draws people back in front of their TV screens year after year -- ...
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February 11th, 2011
Lady Gaga's latest single is an anthem for the marginalized
Lady Gaga's new single, "Born This Way," is an anthem for the different. The song offers words of encouragement for everyone on the margins of ...
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January 28th, 2011
The latest priest-as-demon-slayer film tries to be more
Blame it on the Jesuits. Were it not for the experiences of one of their own, whose exploits combating the possessed inspired the film The ...
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January 19th, 2011
(1936 - 2010)
It is fitting that the first film Dennis Hopper appeared in was Rebel Without A Cause, yet it is even more appropriate that he was ...
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January 11th, 2011
(1930-2010)
I'm 7 years old and the Yankees are king. It seems as if they never lose and I hate them with a passion. ...
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January 11th, 2011
Emilio Estevez discusses his new film on The Busted Halo Show with Fr. Dave
When The Busted Halo Show with Father Dave broadcast a week of our Sirius XM radio show from Los Angeles, actor/director Emilio Estevez dropped by our studio to talk about his career and his new ...
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January 6th, 2011
(1925-2010)
"We're like sisters!" the big ugly woman with the Bronx baritone replied caustically and I laughed. I laughed so hard I had to roll off ...
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January 5th, 2011
Alexander McQueen (1969 - 2010), Mark Linkous (1962 - 2010) and Andrew Koenig (1968 - 2010)
These people, who had contributed much to the world; who could be gratified by the lives they had touched; who seemed to have a passion and a calling; who had more accomplishments to point at ...
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