“American children and adolescents spend 22 to 28 hours per week viewing television, more than any activity except sleeping,&rdqu

Look over the shoulders of computer users in any Internet café, and you’ll discover that the Web offers more entertainment t

BEST DRAMA

Water

reviewed by Ron VandenBurg

ON FEBRUARY 25, the annual Academy Awards of Merit in filmmaking will be held in Los Angeles.

CD

The True False Identity

by T Bone Burnett

reviewed by Robert N. Hosack

Jesus-powered superkids, demonic assassins, and faith-propelled boulders?

Have you ever tried to explain the Christmas story to someone who has never heard it before?

This year my wife, April, learned firsthand of the wonders of Internet blogging.

If you've watched the hit movie The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, you may have noticed both the Disney and

Perhaps you’re like me. You think everything is interesting.

There are two kinds of people whose weddings, newborns, and other life milestones you’re familiar with down to the tiniest detail:

The tuned in editor gave me a mission: read an electronic book and report back.

fiction

The Illuminator

by Brenda Rickman Vantrease

At that point in American cultural history when kids turned from swing sets to computers and from camping to video-game marathons, the C

Gardening

The Fragrance of God

by Vigen Guroian

[From the February 2004 Banner.]

Our church studied the main faith issues in The Da Vinci Code for two Sundays.

Books

Beasts of No Nation

by Uzodinma Iweala

Even if you can’t leave home, these books, CDs, and movies will take you somewhere new.

Social Jusitce

A Prisoner in the Garden

by The Nelson Mandela Foundation

Documentaries are hot.

Fiction for adults

River Rising

by Athol Dickson

Does your church have a website?