COTM BULLETIN BOARD SERVICE… Everyone is talking about Christian Comedy…. CNN – NBC Nightly News – FOX News – The New Yorker – The Wall Street Journal – The Washington Post – Radio America Find out what all of the Excitement is about… The Christian Comedy Association, presents An All-Star Comedy Showcase Sunday, April 3rd, 2005, 7:30pm hosted by Bel Air Presbyterian Church Scheduled to appear: Paul Aldrich * Nazareth * Kerri Pomarolli Ron McGehee * Michael Rayner and special... Read more

“CHRISTIANS, TO THE PASCHAL VICTIM…” I’m back in CT for a few days celebrating the Triduum, and mourning the passion of Terri Schiavo (and it’s meaning…) with my family. No blogging likely for a few days. Until whenever, here’s my favorite Easter tradition… Christians, to the Paschal victimoffer your thankful praises! A lamb the sheep redeemeth:Christ, who only is sinless,reconcileth sinners to the Father. Death and life have contendedin that combat stupendous:the Prince of life, who died,reigns immortal. Speak, Mary,... Read more

AND IF YOU WON’T LISTEN TO ME… …great writer and friend, Karen Hall, is ranting artfully over at Some Have Hats about Terri Schiavo’s passion. Among the many points she makes that I wish I had thought of first is… Explain this. The people who were, a few short months ago, screaming that stem cell research was going to cause the lame to walk, any minute … are the same ones who are now screaming that Terri Shiavo must be... Read more

PASSING THE TIME While we all sit around waiting for Terri Schiavo’s body to dry out, consume itself, curl up, shrink and, then, die, why not pass the time talking about the rhetoric of the culture of death? “Death with dignity” – There is nothing dignified about death. It’s scary, smelly, drippy, awkward and ugly. I can think of few things as undignified as someone pulling my kidneys out through my nostrils – just so people can look at me... Read more

EMILY MONDAY This was a Poet — It is That [which] distills amazing senseFrom ordinary Meanings —And [also distills an] Attar so immense from the familiar speciesThat perished by the Door — We wonder [if] it was not Ourselves[that] Arrested it — before —[ie. Good poetry seems to remind us, not inform us] Of Pictures, the Discloser —The Poet — it is He —Entitles Us — by Contrast —To ceaseless Poverty — Of portion — so unconscious —The Robbing —... Read more

LIFE, LIBERTY, HAPPINESS…AND KILLING WHEN WE WANT TO? I’m spending my Sunday morning watching with mixed horror and fascination, as the legions (ref: “What is your name?” “My name is Legion…”) of pagan pols and pundits try to stake out the highest ground possible in the quest to starve Terri Schiavo. Some of the macabre lines I’ve heard this morning include… “Not having nutrition and hydration isn’t as painful as these pro-lifers are making it sound!” (some pundit guy on... Read more

ACT ONE ON NBC NEWS Don’t miss the NBC Nightly News Monday night (March 21st). Act One will be featured in a segment on Faith in Hollywood. See Act One faculty and alumni in action! (And cross your fingers that it’s a positive story — we think so, but one never knows.) NBC called us last week, wanting to add us to their spot about Christians in Hollywood. They wanted to know what they could film that we do. So,... Read more

I’M NOT ONE TO SAY ‘I TOLD YOU SO,’ BUT, WELL… “Our goal is not to ‘tap’ the faith-based audience but to provide a service where there was none. I’m a good Catholic boy and don’t feel like I’m exploiting the marketplace. We realized its potential before ‘Passion,’ but that movie was like getting a PhD; it cemented our knowledge.” (Mike Dunn, president of Fox Home Entertainment on the sudden interestin Hollywood in finding movies for the “Christian audience.”) Read more

BIOLA MEDIA CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT Come learn and interact with Top Industry pro’s from Film, Radio, Journalism, PR, & Worship The 10th Annual Biola Media Conference presents, THE DEEP END: Navigating the Open Waters of Hollywood Saturday, April 23, 20059:00am – 8:00pm $50 Admission$35 Student (Lunch Included) Biola University13800 Biola Ave. * La Mirada * CA * 90639 Register NOW online at www.biolamedia.org For our 10th annual gathering, we want to go deeper, to take more risks, to wade further into... Read more

WORLD YOUTH DAY BLEG Ms. Nicolosi, I am a Catholic singer/songwriter whose praise and worship band, Cor Sanctum (www.corsanctum.com), has been invited to perform at World Youth Day in Germany this Summer. My bandmates and I took a chance, sent a couple of our CD’s in to the organizers and were informed that we made the final cut, beating out almost 600 other bands world-wide. Now we have to, somehow, find the “sufficient funding” to be able to go. We... Read more