Billy Graham News

UNBROKEN: PATH TO REDEMPTION—in theaters nationwide Oct. 5, 2018— is the inspiring and powerful continuation of Louis “Louie” Zamperini's post-World War II story and his struggle to find peace and forgiveness after his ruthless treatment as a Japanese prisoner of war. While the story stands alone, the brand-new film picks up where 2014's epic saga UNBROKEN ends, continuing the amazing true story of the Olympian and World War II hero.

The AUDELCO and Obie Award-winning Billie Holiday Theatre brings back the groundbreaking 50in50: Women's Voices Initiative with the Obie Award-winning Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop with a reading March 17, 2018 at 7pm in The Billie Holiday Theatre, 1368 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY. 

The never-before-seen documentary BILLY GRAHAM: AN EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY will air this Sunday, March 4 (7:00-8:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

A Cincinnati theater known for its excellent production of Shakespeare plays continues to broaden its scope and include plays designed to attract a wider audience. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER fits the bill for families during the holidays.

Much like music, “love has a way of outliving everything,” and multi-platinum selling BBR Music Group/ Red Bow Records artist JOE NICHOLS has a lifelong way of delivering that traditional country sound, as displayed on his new album NEVER GETS OLD, out today.

In COME TO THE TABLE, MIKE PENCE, Eve, Salome, and Queen Elizabeth I try to convince our VP to sit down for a meal.

The nonprofit AT&T Performing Arts Center and AEG Presents announced today that tickets for Jeanne Robertson: The 'Rocking Chair' Tour will go on sale Friday, June 30 at 10 a.m. Award-winning American humorist and motivational speaker Jeanne Robertson will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, February 10, 2018 at the Winspear Opera House in the downtown Dallas Arts District.

This Portland theatre season has been delightfully packed with stories about incredible women who have overcome seemingly impossible odds. They've all been stunning, but we've hit a new high with Portland Center Stage's HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW, a biographical portrait of African American stage and screen performer Ethel Waters.

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, THIRTEEN's much-honored and highly acclaimed series covering religion, spirituality, and ethics in America and around the world, will end its run as its 20th season on PBS draws to a close on February 24, 2017,

'Questions From The Creator': a compilation of questions aimed at improving the understanding of biblical stories and the closeness to the one who inspired it. 'Questions From The Creator' is the creation of published author, Michael John Cretaro, a lifelong resident of the Upstate New York Area and a 1981 graduate of Canastota High School. He has served in the United States Air Force, including time overseas in England. He has also worked for the United States Postal Service for over two decades. He is a devout Roman Catholic Christian whose faith has been a constant source of strength and inspiration to him throughout his life. He also respects the efforts of Ecumenical movements that seek to fulfill Christ's desire that they may all be one. The individuals that he considers to have been most influential in his spiritual growth are the late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, The Rev. Billy Graham, Dr. Scott Hahn, Dr. Charles Stanley, Father Mitch Pacwa as well as the late Father Anthony DeMello. The Bible that he used in writing this book is the Didache Bible: Ignatius Bible Edition, with commentary based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church. He attends church regularly and has learned the value of having a daily commitment to both scripture and prayer. His overall philosophy on life is based on a quote from St. Francis of Assisi: Preach the Gospel at all times; use words if necessary.

NBC's annual “Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular” celebrates the nation's birthday with all-star performances from Kenny Chesney, 5 Seconds of Summer, Meghan Trainor, the Radio City Rockettes and more to be announced.  “TODAY” co-hosts Willie Geist and Tamron Hall return to emcee the broadcast airing Monday, July 4 (8-10 p.m. ET/PT) with an hourlong encore presentation at 10 p.m.

Our childhood experiences can help shape how we see the world. But what if your childhood was influenced by some of the most famous icons of all time?

'On The Spot' is the only show in New York City that combines the dulcet tones of cabaret, with frantic hilarity of improv comedy. It has been in existence for over a year, and will soon celebrate the six-month anniversary of its open ended weekly run at the Broadway Comedy Club. It has an excellent critical reputation, being described as 'spot-on', 'fun-filled', 'top-notch' and 'laugh-out-loud'. As well as being 'a show that takes 'anything for a laugh' to new heights of bravery!' (Hi! Drama, Ludus NYC, Culture Catch) Audiences love it, and singers between shows love coming down between gigs to contribute to the fun. Guest artists have included Brian Falduto, better known as the hilarious young stylist 'Fancypants' in Richard Linklater's 'School of Rock', as well as Amanda Nicholas, one of the stars of cult Off-Broadway Sensation 'Bayside! The Musical!, and Billboard Top 40 singer Janine Berenson. It's clearly a show with staying power.

Telical Books of Seattle, Washington has released a new book on spiritual renewal called 'Meditations on Christian Revival.' The author, Robert Pearson, pen name 'R.S. Pearson,' had written three books on the types of psychological problems people can have on the spiritual path. Now he has written one to examine what religious fervor can look like when it is of a sound-mind, of great value, and well-respected by the community. His new book tries to get people to focus on more important things than simple differences in doctrine. Pearson seeks to help people understand that going to church can be a ministry in itself. Pearson realizes that churches are cultural centers of great learning. They are beautiful on the inside, and places where classical musicians often play concerts. They are also places where people get together to offer soup kitchens and food banks. People hear each Sunday motivational talks to help them overcome their limitations. In Pearson's book, there is a section that reads 'Going to church in a loving, prayerful, non-divisive manner is a ministry in itself. It is not a ministry necessarily because we are in the role of teaching others there, but it is a ministry because we help it to stay open by being one of the people that attend there.' Pearson also thinks that Christians are too divisive among themselves. He himself takes ideas from different denominations such as Evangelical, Orthodox, and Pentecostal, and he was raised Catholic. 'I am not saying that there should be one scary, unified church,' Pearson jokes. 'I just think we should respect each other more. People used to have the luxury to act critical, but now with less Christian influence on society, we should be more united and loving to each other.' Pearson elaborates, 'You get certain people who love classical music, and they want to go to a church were classical music is being played on Sunday. There are a lot of churches like that. You also want people who want to hear rock on Sunday. But I believe today we are living in a culture where less educated people often are being influenced to not trust people who have more education than them, so naturally, some are targeting more educated churches as 'dead.' I think today we need to have more respect and understanding and get from the other what they have in greater amount.' Pearson says, 'Jesus had a great prayer in the Gospel of John, Chapter 17, that showed how he asked God that His followers would be one. It's a prayer that we can really answer today by allowing each other our differences without judging and condemning. This unity in fact is going on more now than it was before.' There is also a serious side to this lack of respect between denominations. Pearson says 'There is an idea known as 'divide and conquer.' The idea is that if you can take a large group, and divide it into little segments, you can pick off those little segments one at a time. I believe that's what the 'dark side of the force' if you will, wants to do. I also think that the people who talk about major Christian leaders such as Billy Graham as not being real Christians are themselves suspect and causing this division.' Pearson thinks that it is obvious today with all the violence and homelessness that there has to be more of an influence of the church in society. But he says people are not often focusing on this. 'Instead of focusing on winning the souls who are really in trouble, who are friendless, maybe homeless. and encouraging the Christian vision regardless of a personal choice of church, it seems struggling with other professing Christians can be the main things on some people's mind,' Pearson laments. 'There are other things in spiritual practice than doctrine. If we can stop focusing on an idea that we are better than some other denomination because of some difference in doctrine, and try to help souls reach God, we may find that we can cooperate with each other to get more things done.'

Here's a question you may have asked yourself about Tosha Pendergrast: When does she sleep? Mundane, perhaps - but it's a question that comes to mind when you realize that she's always working, whether she's teaching students at Lauri Gregoire's Bellevue Dance Center, choreographing her latest show (Dreamgirls opened just last week at Murfreesboro's Center for the Arts, Street Theatre Company's production of In The Heights opens in a couple of weeks), performing onstage (she was among the cavalcade of stars in the Music City Theatre Collective's debut production Showstoppers), doing television appearances (The Dance Network is calling) or just living life with her handsome and charming husband Benjamin Pendergrast (together they are the perfect couple, each devoted to the other)…

On Today, November 6th, the Trinity Broadcasting Network will air a very special tribute to beloved evangelist Billy Graham on the occasion of his 97th birthday November 7th.

Opening tonight at The Larry Keeton Theatre in Donelson is a sparkling new revival of Meredith Willson's The Music Man, directed and choreographed by Stephanie Jones-Benton, with musical direction by Ginger Newman. Featuring a roster of the Keeton Theatre's favorite stars, the show runs through October 28.