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Hi <<First Name>>, Are you familiar with speed dating? It's a phenomenon that swept the country a couple of years ago and is an interesting approach to dating. Today I experienced it at a business conference. We weren't dating, but using that format as a networking tool. We had three minutes to introduce ourselves and describe our business to the person sitting across from us. That's not much time. It was an interesting challenge to communicate the essentials of both our company and my work. I'm a storyteller so I love to spin things out, but I also realize the value of concise communication. What if someone asked me to explain the essentials of my faith in three minutes or less? Could I do that in a meaningful concise way? Or would my words get in the way? Just as I know the tasks that fill my days, I know the ways my faith is worked out in my life. I can give a speed dating version of our company; it requires focusing on the big picture. If I apply that concept to my faith, I think I can come up with a speed dating explanation. It may sound strange, but sometimes that's all the time we have to share Jesus Christ with another person. I want to be prepared. So grab your timer and start practicing. Not to minimize the Gospel but to distill it to its very essence, it might begin like this: God so loved the world…
From the screening room,
Angela Walker
ChristianMovieNews.com
Industry Interview
Christians in Cinema: Karen Kingsbury
 by Angela Walker
For years Karen Kingsbury's audience has clamored for her stories to be turned into films, and this year, on September 24, they will see their wishes come true when Like Dandelion Dust opens in theaters around the country. Karen recently shared her thoughts about the film, about the process of making the film, and her life as a best-selling author.
As the author of the novel it was based on, what has it been like to see the response of the audiences who've watched the film?
Karen: I've been very excited to see the finished product. The incredible acting, directing and editing have resulted in a very high-quality product. Clearly, the wins at various film festivals have validated that. It's not just us standing around saying it's a great movie, but... [ Read more... ]
Following Harrison Ford's Footsteps by Angela Walker
I was watching Jamie Durie's The Outdoor Room on HGTV the other night and noticed a familiar face: Stephen Zimpel from Oversold, a modern-day retelling of the story of Hosea set in Las Vegas.
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On the Set of Courageous: Take Two by Angela Walker
A film set can be a place where worlds collide. In the case of Courageous, when the focus is on fatherhood and family, and when it's the fourth film the church that produced Flywheel, Facing the Giants and Fireproof, people tend to pay attention.[ Read more... ]
Surf's Up for Cutback by Angela Walker
Cutback, a new teen film from Skipstone Pictures (A Letter to Dad), is a new teen drama geared toward the Christian youth market. Currently in post-production, the team plans to have a cut of the film ready for youth group test screenings in August.
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There Be Dragons on the Horizon for 2011 by Angela Walker
After the Ron Howard and Tom Hanks' films The DaVinci Code and Angels & Demons, the mysterious Opus Dei organization became a source of fascination. Dan Brown, who wrote the two books on which the movies are based, painted the Opus Dei as a secretive, power-hungry and extreme sect of the Catholic church. There Be Dragons, planned for a theatrical release in 2011, is not a rebuttal to the previous two films, but a story about the beginning of the Opus Josemaria Escriva, the founder of Opus Dei.
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Simple - a Devotional from our Daily Journey
by Tim Gustafson - Our Daily Journey
Life seems so much simpler in the Old Testament. Obey God = get blessed. Don't obey Him = expect trouble. It's a simple theology that satisfies our craving for justice.
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