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The Drop Box Drops Today
Focus on the Family in conjunction with Kindred Image release their new documentary The Drop Box today through Fathom Events. The film is an intimate

A Conversation with Teen Screen Expert Dr. Kathy Koch
Each year around early December, Focus on the Family re-airs a dozen of its most popular radio broadcasts (out of 260). On that short list

Focus on the Box Office
There was a time that someone could’ve filmed Will Smith eating breakfast, put the footage in theaters and made a cool $100 mil. And while
And They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Movies
Who watches Christian movies? You? Your pastor? That aunt who always gives you throw pillows for Christmas embroidered with Bible verses? How ’bout the atheist

The Pope Talks Media Influence on Families
Technology can be a great boon to communication. But it can also be an isolating influence too, something that keeps families from talking instead of

4 Ways Leslie Knope Is More Like Jesus Than I Am
The curtains are down. The lights are out. America’s time hanging out with Indiana’s motliest crew of small-town local government employees has come to a

Where Space Travel and Reality TV Collide
What would you say if someone approached you and offered you an extended stay in a barren wasteland of sand, mudstone and rock? You’d be

Fifty Shades Gets Darker (But Still Wins)
Have you ever had a crush on somebody? Like, you see them in the school hallway and you just think she (or he) is just
2015 Plugged In Movie Awards: Winners
Announcing the winners of the third annual PLUGGED IN MOVIE AWARDS! BEST MOVIE FOR KIDS Nominees: Big Hero 6, Dolphin Tale 2, The LEGO Movie,

Of Frogs, Kettles and Spiritual Renewal
I want to take something of a personal detour in the blog today—but one that I think relates very much to the media-and-message flooded world
Plugged In Parent’s Guide to Today’s Technology
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