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The Autumnal Season. It is a time for reflection, soul searching, and great new reads. Including this season’s new find from Priscilla Shirer’s latest work, “I Surrender All,” a fervent appeal, in times of uncertainty, to surrender all unto Jesus. To follow Him as both your savior and priority. It is moving beyond being a passionate Stewart to becoming a devout disciple and knowing the difference.
Discipleship comes at an enormous personal cost. It’s an act of faith, surrender to your greater good, and the effort to understand and maintain the two—a daily choice to envelop your life around His. The choice that makes all the difference, and it for believers choosing this route, or spiritual individuality, who will benefit the most from reading about the ways a lifestyle of organized religion, centered around the perception of freedom and fulfilling choice, of peace-filled understanding, can make a difference in your season of hope and beyond. Making this book selection, I Surrender All, and its overriding message about choice. The choice, author Priscilla Shirer, believes will change your season for the good.
A book that will gesticulate you into becoming the woman of faith you were intended to be. In thoughtful prayer, meaningful self-dialogue, and a faithful desire to be called into a life of intentional surrender.
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A decade ago, Christian film director and producer, Dallas Jenkins, gained notoriety for his work in the faith-based series, “The Chosen.” Seeking to blaze a path from television to film, Jenkins’ latest film, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” a Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company’s film adaption of the beloved holiday literary classic, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” by Barbara Robinson, is the new must-watch film adaptation this holiday season.
Telling the story of the Herdmans, a group of misfit youngsters, who send their small community into a tizzy when they land coveted roles in a beloved annual community-sponsored Christmas pageant. The film, based on a popular book of the same name, ingeniously weaves an inspiring, holiday-esque tale with gospel-centric missives, including family-friendly comedy, festive scenery, and delightful messaging in a must-see holiday tale.
Many Americans have fallen in love with this classic holiday tale, myself included, loving the Herdman’s unique style of holiday charm. From their antics to artistic narratives, these delightful group of youngsters will warm your hearts with their seasonal-minded personal change. That despite a few stolen moments for goodies and hijinks, was discovered along the way. The film’s plot turns when Imogene Herdman, the family’s eldest child, auditions for the church’s Christmas pageant, coveting the role of Mary of Nazareth, and the adoration it brings. Her remaining siblings, five precocious tykes, audition for roles, too. Who, also, not surprisingly, win their respective roles, after threatening barborousness against anyone seeking their respective roles.
The Herdmans’ particular brand of lawlessness places the pageant’s new director, Mrs. Grace, in a proverbial bind. As snooty, local townspeople want her to cannonade the entire Herman clan from the annual production. Yet, a softhearted and amiable, Mrs. Grace, repudiates their demands, believing the pageant’s message will change hearts and minds throughout the parish.
Leaving parishioners, and audiences, to wonder if the Herdmans will ruin the Christmas pageant, perhaps not. Spoiler alert: The Herdmans don’t ruin the pageant. Instead, they, the parish, and the community at large are themselves, transformed by the youngsters’ stirring performance. Along with stirring performances by Lauren Graham (“Gilmore Girls”) as the narrator, Judy Greer (“Ant-Man”) as Grace, Elizabeth Tabish (“The Chosen”) as one of the uppity townspeople, and with Kirk B.R. Woller (“The Chosen”) as the parson, this is a movie overflowing with inspiring messaging, mischievous action comedy, and warm, holiday cheer.
Rated PG for thematic material, a brief portrayal of underage smoking, and unassuming lingo, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” is a film you’ll want to take your friends and family to see in theatres on November 8, 2024. Buy tickets today to see “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” in theaters starting November 8th!
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The Fall. A time of compelling sights, scenes, and sounds, especially at the movies, and a great time to see “The Carpenter,” an action film exploring Nazareth in 29 A.D. Along with music and fight sequencing, sharing the life of a fighter, through the modern depiction of an ancient story tale, sharing modern morality tales of the life and times of a champion fighter, befriended by a benevolent carpenter from Nazareth, “The Carpenter,” set during a biblical timescape showcasing the journey of becoming a carpenter’s apprentice to Jesus Christ. Through a skillset of carpentry, a Viking‘s redemptive is created and shared.
With a compelling landscape shot in Ancient Israel during the First Century, “The Carpenter” shares the story of Oren, the Viking carpenter, and prodigy boxer, whose life changes after he begins a carpentry apprenticeship under Jesus of Nazareth, later rising to the upper eshcilans of the boxing community within the ancient world. Later, rising in the local commercial and sporting ranks, to become an apprentice to a local carpenter, whose mentorship changes his life, becoming a pillar of his greater community.
“The Carpenter” is an inspiring movie perfect for the fall season ahead. Combining sports, ethical debate, and personal redemption, this is a tale combining biblical worldview and athleticism, along with lessons of humanity and the necessity of caring for society’s least, the poor and the needy, this movie guides viewers towards a simple idea- becoming a light in a dangerous world. Leading viewers to view the seasonal messaging of loving our neighbors, trusting God, redemption, and the importance of family in simple, effective means.
“The Carpenter” is a touching sports drama that shares the love of fighting for what truly matters most. Despite the film’s blatant historical inaccuracies and time-spanning liberties, Christ did not teach a boxing school, train apprentices, live adjacent to a boxing school, or live out the entirety of this script, this is an entertaining movie combining a great sports story with the life of Jesus Christ. Despite this, the story is well scripted, teaching important moral, and seasonal messages.
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Many thanks to Kingdom Faith Marketing Services for providing a sample of the film for review. My opinions are 100% my own.
During the horrors of the German Holocaust, my family lost five members of our immediate family; my paternal Great-Grandfather Aleksander’s sister, brother-in-law, and their three children; all under the age of seven. A tragedy that has brought the awareness of the atrocities of the Second World War into focus for myself and millions of others throughout the world.
Similarly seen in the new Holocaust drama “White Bird,” based on the graphic novel, of the same name, by R.J. Palacio, and directed by Marc Forster (Finding Neverland), an expander to Stephan Chbosky’s “Wonder.” In “White Bird,” a French grandmother reminisces her childhood foibles to her grandson, Julian, over tolerance, teenage angst, and shared childhood uncertainties.
“White Bird” begins with Julian, being belittled by peers, while attending an elite Manhattan prep school, similar to how he, himself, treated others, in not being able to join friends at the lunchroom, and being made aware that he was instead sitting at the “loser’s table.” Leaving Julian ostracized and unable to fit in.
His Grandmère Sara (Helen Mirren), who’s in New York for an exhibition of her art, tells Julian the main tale of this film. An event in 1942 in the Alsatian region of France, where fifteen-year-old Sara (Ariella Glaser), a Jewish girl whose mother and father (Olivia Ross and Ishai Golan) refuse to believe that they will be unable to escape Nazi occupation, in their season ahead.
Their aspirations are soon dashed when Sara, formed into hiding in the barn owned by the family of a classmate, Julien Beaumier (Orlando Schwerdt), nicknamed “The Crab,” a young man walking with braces due to a Polio diagnosis. As time passes, Sara, protected by Julian’s family (Gillian Anderson and Jo-Stone Fewings), grows closer. Soon, however, times take a sharp turn for the pair. A shift that embroils their closest friends, family, community, and country into the grotesque tropes of the Second World War.
A positive point of the film is its cinematography. Photographed in a wide, picturesque format, “White Bird” showcases 20th-century France in golden hues and softened tones. With houses and towns shot in picturesque scenes, this tale of unspeakable societal horrors mixes soft landscapes and clever imagery that lovers of cinematography will enjoy. Showing less the gritty horrors of the war and the unspeakable atrocities of the Nazi regime, focusing instead on a neat packaging of one of society’s greatest tragedies. That, even for an adolescent film, leaves this lover of history, with a familiar understanding of the time, who having lived in France, myself, much to be desired. However, for others, the “White Bird” film will be a memorable piece.
In the greater scheme, this youth-based romanticized tale sends an overall positive message of hope and healing. As Grandmère Sara states, “You’re there to forget many things in life, but you never forget kindness.” A message that so many modern, real-world individuals could gain from such a sweet, simple message. Encouraging us all to be brave and kind.
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In a time of constant change, with everything from global climate change to constant and divisive political and religious strife, finding one’s footing in our current society can be difficult. Especially for faith-based reasoning. This is why I am recommending the upcoming film, “God’s Not Dead.” This film, starring David A. R. White (GOD’S NOT DEAD, Evening Shade), Isaiah Washington (Grey’s Anatomy) Dean Cain (Lois & Clark), Samaire Armstrong, (The O.C.), Ray Wise (ROBOCOP), Scott Baio (Happy Days), Charlene Tilton (Dallas), with guest appearances by Governor Mike Huckabee and Newsboys, is currently the most successful faith-based franchise of all time.
Featuring Reverand David Hill (played by David A.R. White), with other familiar characters and a Newsboys cameo, appears in the latest installment of the God’s Not Dead movie series. In this installment, David Hill grapples with this crucial question: Does God still have a place in politics? This revolves around the hotly debated political questions in America today regarding the relevance of Christianity in the public square and the viewing of the government’s duty to stand on perceived biblical values and a vocal minority’s repeated view of their own “fundamental God-given rights” throughout the series.
While more entertaining than philosophical debate, it hosts various quips to explain right-winged talking points of our current political season. While less scholastic and more sensationalized in design, the film references Biblical principles that will resonate with conservative Christians. It’s a clean, family-friendly film that will help you understand the perspective of friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers with conservative leanings this election season.
In this exacting perspective, it’s a film to be enjoyed. Explaining in a non-serious, less-abrasive manner current political and socioeconomic themes often absent in modern political advertisements or commonly streamed, public programming. While not every Christian will agree with the hard-hitting political themes in the movie, with many opposed to the core messages promoted throughout the story, including its overly dramatic messaging, it’s a perspective worth watching with friends and family.
I appreciated that the film’s plot presented a handful of views of God and his Word, and overall Bible teachings throughout the film. While there could have been dozens of more references compiled throughout the film’s script, the portrayal of the Passion, the price for serving Christ, and the perceived need of the suffering as his disciples, is worth viewing and examining from one’s perspective. Gauging the views of this oration and implied modern political aspirations of Scripture-including Matthew 5:10–12, John 15:18–20, 2 Timothy 3:10–13, and 1 Peter 4:12–14.
The movie’s central plot largely centers around the debate over preserving religious freedom, the “separation of church and state.” While I as an attorney and writer didn’t agree line-for-line with the plot, I could take away sincerity in this manuscript as a whole. Especially in the opening scene, a powerful scene seeking to draw in the audience’s emotions regarding these very issues. That, even for me, I was able to film utility in these scenes of the movie.
As coverage of the Arkansas congressional incumbent, Rick West, unexpectedly dying of a heart attack before election day. His opponent, Senator Kane (played by Ray Wise), has a press conference where he’s questioned regarding the restriction of religious freedoms. Then, focusing audiences on the film’s distinct plotline by showing old clips of previous presidents Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy speeches on fighting for our freedoms and the importance of keeping America as one nation under God, footage of churches closing during the Covid pandemic, showcasing secularists rallies, and a child checking the “Atheist” box on a piece of paper as his professed religion. All formulations of why voting conservatively will help push America forward.
Finally, transitions to a scene where the story’s antagonist is confronted with news concerning a women’s center that is closing due to public spacing being used by women in transition as a haven for Bible studies. Where a comparison is made between modern American political leanings and the Chinese government blaming all nation’s economic and social pressures on religiosity. Focusing less on decades of the nation’s humanitarian cruelties, the repression in Xinjiang, arbitrary arrests, the forced labor of the Uyghurs, the egregious assault on Hong Kong’s autonomy, the barbaric restriction of Tibetan citizenry, restricting vital medical pathologies, and the timely, life-saving information of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, or the cultural stifling of Chinese critics, authors, athletes, and artists. Instead, focusing on the persecution of Christians in China. Implying that the same religious and socioeconomic depravity could soon happen, here, in America, if voting for heavy-handed Christian-focused rights is not maintained.
Later in the film, during a podcast debate, the focus of the film turns to voting. Reinforced by a scene that depicts struggles of race, economic instability, and lost hope in the future of the nation. One in which 40 million Christians won’t vote in Federal elections, with another 15 million refusing to be registered. The film’s central focus became the notion that “Political campaigns set the example for Christian involvement in the civic square.” In other words, if Christians are not speaking up for their rights, not the rights of fellow Americans, they will be taken away.”
The film’s central premise, that of “American Church-Going Christians” being demonized due to their belief system in God, prayer, or creationism is unfounded. That secularists have weaponized this Constitutionalist separation to eradicate Christianity from all public squares, replacing it with secular humanism is both egregious and unfounded, the film does beg the overall question, “Why Americans cannot engage in political or religious discussion without hate-filled, theocratic debate?” A message I will ponder openly throughout the remainder of this current political season. The internal dialogue over my relation to naturalism and nationalism, respectfully as an American, woman, or Christian. I hope you will do the same, too.
This film is engaging with a captivating story and a renowned cast that keeps the whole family entertained. Allowing friends and families to discuss the current political climate with courage. Most importantly, this film demonstrates Christians, in politics and life, should be optimistic, excited, and hopeful about the future. Friends, buy tickets today to see God’s Not Dead: In God We Trust in theaters starting September 12th! You can also view the trailer, here, or buy tickets to this film, here.
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In times of political, social, and environmental uncertainty, words of serenity can help to calm the mind, secure sleep, and rest even the most tired of spirits. Leading many people, including a fair number of women weery from around the world. Always looking for positivity in a troubled world, worlds of encouragement can bring hope to many in need of a clear mind and peaceful heart. As is the message of the new devotional publication, from Christian author Lysa TerKeurst, “Clear Mind, Peaceful Heart.”
Featuring simple-to-understand daily devotional messages of faith and futility, author Lysa TerKeurst shares with readers methods to avoid uncertainty, how to unpack personal frailty and feelings of fear, as well as devotions to help readers fall safely asleep with a clear mind and a peaceful heart in her latest work from Thomas Nelson Publishing, “Clear Mind, Peaceful Heart.”
Guided meditations showcasing God’s juxtapositioning, simultaneously holding the meaning of life, alongside details of your journeys, in his faithful hands is what New York Times best-selling author Lysa TerKeurst, and her friends at Proverbs 31 Ministries, share in these fifty encouraging devotions and guided prayers written by women, for women, like you. Remebering that the Lord not only has the whole world in His hands; He’s holding the details of your life in His faithful hands, too. Learn more at www.ClearMindPeacefulHeart.com.
Helping to release the pressures of everyday life and the hard situations we all endure. Helping readers to wake up daily, refreshed and prepared for the challenges ahead of them each day. Days filled with intersection and faith methods to help us all feel hopeful in our days, with nights filled with peaceful, restful sleep. This is the devotion to consider as you start your spiritual life this fall.
Sleep meditation and exerts directly from scripture, including: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28 NIV), aids readers in identifying, “What lies heaviest on your heart as you lay your head on your pillow? Are paralyzing fear and anxiety stealing tomorrow’s peace?” Allowing readers to experience rest, not full of unfilled escapism and uncertainty, but rest for the weariest of souls. Sharing that everything negative in our lives may not be fixed today, we can fix our thoughts on His word.
Readers are also given contextualization from ministry insights perfect for colder days ahead. Learn more about these teachings for your days, and nights ahead at ClearMindPeacefulHeart.com. Helping readers to experience the kind of rest escapism won’t provide. The hope of sound sleep, the sleep we can all claim, with the ease of knowing God is working on our behalves.
Through the pages of “Clear Mind, Peaceful Heart,” Lysa TerKeurst, you will be equipped to quiet riotous, anxious thoughts depriving sound sleep and to find relief from the stress of obligations and social pressures through fifty inspired and relatable devotions and guided prayers written, again, for and by, women, like you.
The publication, “Clean Mind, Peaceful Heart,” in its hardcover, east-to-store binding is now available for $24.99 from Thomas Nelson Publishings. Order your copy of “Clear Mind, Peaceful Heart” today!
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Friends, why are you most excited to read, “Clear Mind, Peaceful Heart“, by Lysa TerKeurst, from Thomas Nelson Publications this season? I look forward to reading your thoughts in the comments below.
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Today’s world can be cold and uncanny. Leaving many to seek out faithfulness through the lives of others-especially matriarchs of the Bible. Women who understand how your identity in faith can strengthen your relationship within the world. Especially in our modern political climate, now’s the perfect time to invest in what matters most to you in this world with the Unshakable Moxie video series, an episodic video series. Inviting believers to discover what a life of resilient faith is.
Unshakable Moxie: Growing a Resilient Faith, a 6-Session Women’s Bible Study, featuring Video Access, from Our Daily Bread, who for more than eight decades has been committed to nurturing a lifelong relationship for God’s daughters, transformed by a relationship with God‘s son, Jesus. Through daily devotions, podcasts, videos, and series to create a life-changing understanding of the word. With a mission of worldwide Biblical engagement and sound, scriptural teaching to create lifelong, lasting change in the everyday lives of others with God’s Word and the faith journeys of His children.
Hosted by Toni Collier (Broken Crayons Still Color) and Moriah Smallbone (The Chosen), is a video series features Lina AbuJamra, Ruth Chou Simons, Katie Lewis, Dr. Bernice King, and Joni Eareckson Tada. The perfect pairing of worship materials and video series, helping women, like you, and me, to strengthen their own lives of resilient faith.
This study, including a beautiful hardcover Prayer Journal and inspirational cards that share Scripture and powerful quotes from the series, explores biblical lessons around the themes posed in each episode. Hosts Moriah Smallbone and Toni Collier dive deeply into tough, modern, poignant topics including forgiveness, disillusionment, hardships, and the effects of personal growth on their faith during challenging circumstances.
What participants will gain in fellowship with Unshakable Moxie and package:
Insight into how women, like yourself, facing real painful struggles have persisted in their strength.
Encouragement in how God’s diligent actions in your own lives,
A sense of accomplishment in examining your walk of faith.
This 6-part docuseries and accompanying Bible Study invites readers to embark on a study of recognizing the powerful innermost traits of success from ourselves and other notable women of God. Through our greatest weaknesses to our utmost pinnacles of strength. Moments that allow us all to write out our narrative of Unshakable Moxie.
Leaving readers to key in on important inner questions, including what a woman of moxie is, how dynamic can we each be in our narratives, and the personal path of developing our respective spiritual and actualized journies, online and in our own lives.
I particularly enjoyed episode three of the series, dealing with the accompanying book and guided meditation and materials. Helping each of us go into our next season of gratitude with grace, strength, and consumable poise. Watch the series now and see how our creator can turn your biggest fears into opportunities to develop resounding faith. Be sure to watch the full series now, here. You can also order your copy of Unshakable Moxie, here.
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