{"id":3807,"date":"2009-12-19T11:38:50","date_gmt":"2009-12-19T11:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/12\/hows-this-for-a-home-run.html"},"modified":"2009-12-19T11:38:50","modified_gmt":"2009-12-19T11:38:50","slug":"hows-this-for-a-home-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/12\/hows-this-for-a-home-run.html","title":{"rendered":"How&#8217;s this for a home run?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once in a while I like to wonder over to the website for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.responsibilityproject.com\/\">The Responsibility Project<\/a>, a wonderful undertaking by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.  <\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re sponsoring a series of short independent films with rich moral lessons.  The one below, directed by Ron Shelton (&#8220;Bull Durham&#8221;) is inspiring, uplifting &#8212; and true. <\/p>\n<p>Take seven minutes and feel good about the world. <\/p>\n<p>  <center><object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" height=\"405\" width=\"500\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/devkit.permissiontv.com\/\/Preloader.swf\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"applicationSwf=http:\/\/channels.permissiontv.com\/c1043322\/html\/packages\/PDP\/files\/qs_embed.swf&amp;PID=1116142&amp;CID=1181051&amp;login=http%3A%2F%2Fservices.permissiontv.com%2Fv2.2%2Fauth%2Flogin.xml&amp;services=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.responsibilityproject.com%2Ffilms%2Fservices%2F&amp;licenseKey=06e2dd49-92cf-46d7-8ecc-cc5f7bcf2eea&amp;channelID=1043322&amp;environment=live\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"AllowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/devkit.permissiontv.com\/\/Preloader.swf\" flashvars=\"applicationSwf=http:\/\/channels.permissiontv.com\/c1043322\/html\/packages\/PDP\/files\/qs_embed.swf&amp;PID=1116142&amp;CID=1181051&amp;login=http%3A%2F%2Fservices.permissiontv.com%2Fv2.2%2Fauth%2Flogin.xml&amp;services=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.responsibilityproject.com%2Ffilms%2Fservices%2F&amp;licenseKey=06e2dd49-92cf-46d7-8ecc-cc5f7bcf2eea&amp;channelID=1043322&amp;environment=live\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"405\" width=\"500\"><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once in a while I like to wonder over to the website for The Responsibility Project, a wonderful undertaking by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. 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