{"id":3496,"date":"2007-06-17T20:54:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-17T20:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2007\/06\/did-you-ever-think-god-was-asking-you-to-do-something-impossible.html"},"modified":"2007-06-17T20:54:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-17T20:54:00","slug":"did-you-ever-think-god-was-asking-you-to-do-something-impossible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2007\/06\/did-you-ever-think-god-was-asking-you-to-do-something-impossible.html","title":{"rendered":"Did you ever think God was asking you to do something impossible?"},"content":{"rendered":"

That seems to be the theme of Evan Almighty<\/i>, the sequel to Bruce Almighty<\/i>. And I suspect it’s a question many of us have wondered about — certainly those of us who have felt called, however improbably, to a religious vocation. <\/p>\n

The trailer looks hilarious (you can see it below) and I’m now bracing myself for PTD (Post Trailer Disappointment.) We’ve all experienced that: seeing a movie and realizing, about 30 minutes in, that the best two minutes of the movie were the two minutes in the trailer. <\/p>\n

I hope “Evan” is different. (I was surprised to see a full page ad for the movie on the back page of my diocesan paper, the Brooklyn Tablet<\/a>.) But as someone who loved Bruce Almighty<\/i> (despite the slightly-too-cute idea of the protagonist being in love with a woman named Grace), I’m rooting for “Evan.” Watch the trailer and see what you think. <\/p>\n

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