It’s a pleasant surprise to buy a ticket and a bag of overpriced popcorn at the neighborhood megaplex and then watch a film that beautifully illustrates the guiding principles of our faith. The value of life, sacrificial love, the bonds of family and friends, service, compassion, redemption – it’s all there in Bella, a low-key independent film that’s getting a lot…
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Jim Caviezel reprises role of Jesus in new audio bible
In between long drags of his cigarette, Mel Gibson asked Jim Caviezel again if he wanted to portray Jesus in Gibson’s film The Passion of the Christ, as Hollywood has a history of typecasting actors after high-profile roles. “Absolutely,” Caviezel replied. While he joked with Gibson that he was perfect for the role (being 33 years old with the initials of…
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Author’s inspired stories reveal sparks of faith
In love and work, you often have to make a choice. For best-selling author Nicholas Sparks, the choice was easy – create characters in his novels with many of his own faith-driven values. In Sparks’s novel The Notebook (also a film from New Line Cinema), Allie has to choose which man to marry. Does she play it safe and follow through with…
