Leading Advocate for Families with Cancer Finds Himself Back in a Fight for His Life 

THIS IS A COVER STORY NONE OF US WANTED TO PUBLISH, but we must! Our frequent inspirational columnist and nationally known advocate for families battling cancer—Shining Brightly author Howard Brown—suddenly is back in the trenches, facing a life-and-death struggle with a very aggressive new form of cancer. Howard asked us to update readers with this news—because he wants to express his gratefulness for readers’ strong support for him and all those who are fighting cancer.

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From Our Writers Doing Good in the World—

Dr. David Gushee’s compassion highlighted by CNN

CNN story about a reunited family highlights Gushee’s book

OUR COMMUNITY OF WRITERS was pleased on Monday, November 4, to find Dr. David Gushee’s landmark book, Changing Our Mind, flagged by Amazon as a “Best Seller.” The book zoomed up Amazon’s sales rankings over the weekend as a result of the CNN network’s in-depth, inspirational story about a family—once divided by evangelical anti-LGBTQ bias—who have been reunited through the compassion these family members discovered in Christian scholars like that of Mercer University’s Dr. David Gushee.

To get your own copy: You can order your own copy of Dr. Gushee’s bestseller from Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle or audio versions. You can use this link or click on the book-cover icon with this news item.

To read the CNN story: The story is headlined—”After their son came out, this conservative Christian couple went into a closet of their own.”

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Holidays & Festivals

Ready for these Top 10 Thanksgiving Events?

STEPHANIE FENTON HAS THIS PREVIEW of the cluster of 10 events and observances that now are clustered around American Thanksgiving Day.

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WANT TO SEE ALL OF THE UPCOMING HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS? It’s easy to find our annual calendar of global observances. Just remember the web address: InterfaithHolidays.com

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Faith & Film

Click on this image to read an illustrated tribute to the life of Faith & Film critic Edward McNulty (1936-2024).

ED McNULTY, for decades, published reviews, magazine articles and books exploring connections between faith and film. Here are some of Ed’s final reviews:

• THE BEAR—Ed writes about why The Bear has become such a beloved TV series.
• CHESLEY BONESTELL—If you’re a nostalgic fan of science fiction, you’ll definitely want to see this documentary about the remarkable artist who envisioned the far-flung scenes that showed up in many sci-fi classics. Today, Bonestell is known as the “Father of Modern Space Art.”
• GOOD ONE—Ed highly recommends this indie coming-of-age film that unfolds over a hike in upstate New York.
• HAROLD and the PURPLE CRAYON—”Director Carlos Saldanha’s adaptation of the beloved 1955 children’s classic by Crockett Johnson gives us the adult version of the original series about a four-year old and his magical purple crayon who lives inside a book.”
• MY PENGUIN FRIEND—“I love interspecies films such as Fly Away, and Brazilian director David Schurmann’s film is a delightful addition to the genre.”
• SING SING—This inspiring film is based on a true story of prisoners producing an annual theatrical production at Sing Sing prison..

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