Vote for your favorite Dove approved movies of 2013 Hollywood has scores of awards shows celebrating the “best of” in so many categories, one wonders if the awards mean as much as they used to. It’s certainly an honor having your name or project accompanied by “Academy-award-winning” It means real dollars when negotiating your next […]
By Ann Byle Producer Mark Burnett and his actor/producer wife Roma Downey were in Grand Rapids, Mich., recently to promote the upcoming theatrical release of their newest project, the full-length feature film “Son of God.” They attended a Dove Foundation event at which the pair met with guests and the media. About 200 people saw […]
By: Jeffrey Dorfman as it appeared in Online One of the surprise television hits of the last few years is Duck Dynasty, a show about a family that loves to hunt and fish and occasionally works at their family business making duck calls. If you have never watched Duck Dynasty you may not realize that it is actually a […]
Ani-Mates are the cutest animals you will ever meet. They come as a teddy bear or a puppy. They are preloaded with one hour of short Bible stories and you can also download more stories to your iPhone or Android device. Those also contain videos that you and your children can watch together as your […]
From the desk of Dick Rolfe, CEO People frequently ask how The Dove Foundation came into being. The story is a testimony of how God can multiply the efforts of a few people into a movement. In 1990 I was invited to join a group of parents to review movies before our children watched them. […]
My friend Bob Beltz is a writer, speaker, film producer, theologian, and virtual monk. The last time we were together was at Mark Burnett and Roma Downey’s home in Malibu attending a launch party for The Bible Miniseries. Bob posted the following words of wisdom on his blog under Faith & Culture Examiner.com. Congratulations […]
by Dick Rolfe It should come as no surprise that Hollywood has seen the light and rediscovered the Bible; not that they’ve become religious in the spiritual sense. The light they see is the unprecedented success of well-made, theologically sound movies like The Bible miniseries, produced by husband and wife team, Mark Burnett (The Voice, […]
By Dick Rolfe CEO My friend and Christian media guru, Phil Cooke recently wrote a blog titled “Should Creative Work by Christians be “Safe”? The responses to his proposition were nearly 100% supportive. Here’s the opening salvo Phil uses to launch the discussion. Christian media today is filled with the word “safe.” Look at the […]
by Dick Rolfe, CEO As I write this article, I’m reminded of the saying, “Its Déjà vu all over again.” I have commented ad nauseam on the fact that Hollywood is not simply in the profit-making business; they are also in the “creative license” business. However, the following stories will give you hope. The entertainment […]
by Dick Rolfe, President/CEO – The Dove Foundation Media are generally divided into two categories; news and entertainment. The traditional platforms have always been radio, television, newspapers, DVDs and theaters. But now the term has been updated and replaced with “New Media.” And “new” has been updated to include “Virtual” and “Cloud.” These terms refer […]