Inside this issue...
Forgetting the PastHi <<First Name>>, Do you struggle to forget? I know I do. I've tried telling myself to forget but that doesn't work. "David hurt me. Oh wait, forget that!" My brain just doesn't obey. But I might have found a new trick.
A couple of weeks ago I had a major computer crash and lost seven weeks' worth of data. I worked with tech support, but the most current information we could find was April 7 and prior. Horrors.
After the initial shock, I realized I don't need everything created in the last seven weeks, just part of it. The most important thing I could do was figure out what I needed. The rest I could forget.
Then it hit me: maybe that's a way to forget. What if I tried to maintain specific memories rather than trying so hard to forget? Remember the great time I had this week with my friends in North Carolina and forget how crowded the flights were.
Do you see where I'm going with this? Now you try. Remember…and let go… It's not a magic formula, but it fits Paul's instruction in Philippians: Whatever is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent or praiseworthy, think on these things.
From the screening room,
Who am I?...Oh, right, Angela Walker
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Industry Interview
Christians in Cinema: Gary Wheeler
by Angela Walker  North Carolina native Gary Wheeler is introducing the world to his beautiful state one movie at a time. Soft-spoken, with the genteel manner of a true Southern gentleman, Gary's choice of location for his film The List made it possible for him to go home to his family every night. How did you meet Robert Whitlow?
Gary: I was producer on a film called Final Solution that was being filmed in South Africa. A gentleman in Charlotte saw it at some sort of film night and realy liked it. He was friends with Robert Whitlow, who had written this book The List. One day he called me and told me Robert was looking for someone to adapt his book into a movie. He'd been approached by many producers over the years, but ... [ Read more... ]
Intimacy with God - a Devotional from Our Daily Journeyby Poh Fang Chia - Our Daily Journey 
As we look at the Christian landscape, only a portion of believers in Jesus appear to enjoy an intimate, vibrant relationship with God. Are they God's favorites? It is possible that there are some people who have "qualified" for a deeper intimacy with Him?
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Leesburg, FL Church Fights Poverty, Promotes Evangelism, and Creates Artby Marvin Olasky - World Magazine  Rev. Art Ayris is Executive Pastorof First Baptist Church Leesburg, a Southern Baptist church in a city of 22,000 about an hour's drive northwest of Orlando, as well as a film producer (The Touch).
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Pastor and Wife's Ministry Includes Filmmaking: Art and Kelly Ayris At one point in their career, writers are usually told, "Write what you know." Art Ayris, an executive pastor at a large central Florida church, put that advice to good use and wrote a screenplay (The Touch) about his church's women's shelter. Art has also written graphic novels, comics and novels, as well as a screenplay based on a true story from the Sudan. I spent some time talking with Art and his wife Kelly, also a media professional, at the Gideon Media Arts Conference and Film Festival.
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Paranormal Accepted to Phoenix International Christian Film FestivalSource - Cross Shadow Productions  Paranormal, the third film from Cross Shadow Productions, has been accpted into the Phoenix International Christian Film Festival, set to take place August 23 - 28, 2010, in Phoenix Arizona.
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Dove Review
The Karate Kid
Dove Family Approved: 12+
"The Karate Kid" will have you cheering! This inspiring movie features more than one homage to the original movie which starred Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita, but it has altered enough elements so as to reflect the fact that it is a modern story in an ancient location, namely China. In this film the karate kid is named Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) and his mother moves them to Beijing as she accepts a new job and they leave life in Detroit behind. Soon Dre meets a girl he likes named Mei Ying but is also introduced to a group of bullies, led by a kid who is a powerful kung fu student named Cheng. Cheng attends kung fu training under a master who believes in inflicting pain on an opponent and allowing "no mercy!"
Jackie Chan's Mr. Han, the kung fu master who trains Dre to meet the young bully in a tournament, is a more serious teacher than Pat Morita's Mr. Miyagi was. But his kung fu is razor sharp and he does have his own humorous moments in the movie. He teaches Dre respect and to have a proper attitude as well as moves which would make Bruce Lee proud. It should be noted that Jaden Smith does an outstanding job playing Dre Parker. The ending is remarkable and left the audience I screened the film with cheering. It is a satisfying movie-going experience. It includes some mild language and some martial arts violence, but the themes of loyalty, the power to change one's attitude, and the idea of discipline and even forgiveness are all featured in this fantastic film.
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