Musician Father John Misty on His Christian Upbringing

In an interview with Rolling Stone, singer-songwriter-guitarist J. Tillman (now known as "Father John Misty") was asked: "You were raised ...

Evangelist Leighton Ford Meets Muhammad Ali

Leighton Ford, evangelist and brother-in-law of Billy Graham, once met the former boxing champion Muhammad Ali at a hotel in Sydney, Australia. Ford listened ...

Actor Ben Affleck Reflects on Our Brokenness

In an interview in The New York Times, award-winning actor Ben Affleck reflected on the pressure to hide our broken areas. When he watches other movies ...

Country Singer Merle Haggard's Restless Soul

Country music icon Merle Haggard (1937-2016), had 38 of his albums appear on Billboard's country-music top 10 charts (more than a dozen made it to ...

Tom Hanks on the Fear of Faking It

In his film (2016), A Hologram for the King, Tom Hanks plays a middle-aged American businessman who is sent to Saudi Arabia for a special project. The ...

Resentment that Meditation Can't Heal

Mike Love, 83 years old as of 2024, is one of the original members of the Beach Boys, known for his contribution to such hits as "California Girls," ...

Jim Carrey's Search for Fulfillment

What will enough ever be "enough"?

Comedian Jim Carrey presented a similar struggle at the 2016 Golden Globes ceremony. Before announcing the ...

Sylvester Stallone Could Not Save His Son

In the summer of 2012, Sage Stallone, the 36-year-old son of actor Sylvester Stallone, died suddenly of a heart attack. Shortly after Sage's death, ...

Actor Heath Ledger Still Needed God

Every year there are a few shocking celebrity deaths in the world of entertainment that create brief searches for meaning among their fans. After one ...

Worship No Other Gods—Except Celebrities

A few research psychologists have looked into the relationship between religiosity and celebrity worship. The team, consisting of a researcher from England ...