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Christian Chronicle, Religion Unplugged

🎬 ‘The Chosen’ films the Crucifixion: How it’ll be different from Mel Gibson’s ‘Passion’ 🔌

Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Click to join nearly 10,000 subscribers who get this column delivered straight to their inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged OKLAHOMA CITY — More than two decades ago, I covered the opening of Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” movie for The Associated Press. I wrote … Continue reading 🎬 ‘The Chosen’ films the Crucifixion: How it’ll be different from Mel Gibson’s ‘Passion’ 🔌

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Religion Unplugged

‘Like losing a friend’: Why Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s death hit Gen Xers so hard

Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Click to join nearly 10,000 subscribers who get this column delivered straight to their inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged Oh no, not Theo. That was my first thought — and that of millions of Generation Xers — when the news broke this week of Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s accidental … Continue reading ‘Like losing a friend’: Why Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s death hit Gen Xers so hard

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Religion Unplugged

🎸 Top 10 faith-infused country songs: The ACM’s all-time best honorees 🔌

Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Click to join nearly 10,000 subscribers who get this column delivered straight to their inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged “Telling folks that Jesus is the answer can rub them wrong,” as Brad Paisley put it in a 2010 song. “But this is country music,” Paisley proclaimed, “and we do.” … Continue reading 🎸 Top 10 faith-infused country songs: The ACM’s all-time best honorees 🔌

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Religion Unplugged

🚔 Family, faith and a finale: Why fans loved the TV series ‘Blue Bloods’ 🔌

Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Click to join nearly 10,000 subscribers who get this column delivered straight to their inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged For the popular CBS drama “Blue Bloods,” the “End of Tour” — as the final episode is dubbed — promises an emotional farewell. After 14 seasons and nearly 300 episodes, … Continue reading 🚔 Family, faith and a finale: Why fans loved the TV series ‘Blue Bloods’ 🔌

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Associated Press

At 50, TV’s ‘The Waltons’ still stirs fans’ love, nostalgia

By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Associated Press The Rev. Matt Curry’s parents were children of the Great Depression, just like “The Waltons” — the beloved TV family whose prime-time series premiered 50 years ago. When Curry was growing up on a farm in northern Texas, his carpenter father and teacher mother often argued playfully over who had a poorer childhood. “The Depression was the seminal … Continue reading At 50, TV’s ‘The Waltons’ still stirs fans’ love, nostalgia

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Religion Unplugged

(Who Is Alex Trebek?)

Game show host with cancer touts prayer, but faith story is complicated. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-In” features analysis, insights and top headlines from the world of faith. Got feedback or ideas for this column? Email Bobby Ross Jr. at therossnews@gmail.com. I have wondered about Alex Trebek’s faith for a while. My curiosity was piqued last May … Continue reading (Who Is Alex Trebek?)

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Religion Unplugged

Meet the real-life pastor portrayed in the Easter film ‘Breakthrough’

The faith-based film, starring Chrissy Metz of ‘This Is Us’ fame, opens nationwide April 17. It’s the story of a teen who slips into an icy lake and has no pulse — until his mother prays. By Bobby Ross Jr. | For Religion Unplugged OKLAHOMA CITY — Four years ago, Jason Noble was an unknown pastor for an Assemblies of God church in the St. … Continue reading Meet the real-life pastor portrayed in the Easter film ‘Breakthrough’

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Religion News Service

‘Fixer Upper’ stars Chip and Joanna Gaines to host church for the homeless

By Bobby Ross Jr. | For Religion News Service WACO, Texas — Tractor-trailer rigs roared overhead. Cigarette smoke wafted in the air as a praise band played drums and electric guitars on a stage set up amid tall concrete columns. On the Sunday (Nov. 18) before Thanksgiving, poor people riding bicycles and pushing old grocery carts lined up — as they do every week — … Continue reading ‘Fixer Upper’ stars Chip and Joanna Gaines to host church for the homeless

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Oklahoman

Elvis Week reading: Faithful hordes still swarming the King’s castle

From the archives: Lead story of package my wife and I wrote at 20th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. By Bobby Ross Jr. and Tamie Ross| The Oklahoman MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Goose bumps formed just below James Hubert’s earphones as he followed the Graceland Mansion tour group into the dining room. As Priscilla Presley recounted on audiotape how Elvis Presley chomped southern cooking, played poker and … Continue reading Elvis Week reading: Faithful hordes still swarming the King’s castle

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