Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n
1. Touchback<\/em> is personal statement of faith for producer\/star Brian Presley.<\/strong> The football-themed family about how challenges can become blessings opens in a nationwide limited release on Friday, April 13th.<\/p>\n Synopsis:\u00a0 <\/strong>Touchback tells the story of Scott Murphy (Brian Presley), a former high school football star who sustained an injury that ended his promising career and eventually relegated him to the life of a struggling farmer and family man. Faced with a series of severe setbacks, Murphy has begun to rethink his life. But as he reaches a point of deep despair, he\u2019s mystically transported back to his glory days. Given a second shot at destiny, he seeks counsel from Coach Hand (Kurt Russell) and a classmate named Macy (Melanie Lynskey), whom he had never noticed before. In the end, Murphy comes once again to a critical choice \u2013 a crossroads where he will have to choose what ultimately matters most in life.<\/em><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OonsN7nuPQ8<\/p>\n Presley, who was once named Athlete of the Year <\/em>by The Fellowship of Christian Athletes,<\/em> says he, in a remarkably personal way, identifies with his character in Touchback, <\/em>as well as the film’s overall theme that “God’s going to throw us trials in life, and it’s just like in sports. It’s not about getting knocked down…the sign of a true champion is how you get back up and face it.”<\/p>\n And, BTW, the film’s Friday the 13th premiere date doesn’t intimidate him.\u00a0 You’ll see why as he recounts his personal story here:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HWsiO_FiP9k<\/p>\n Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Touchback is personal statement of faith for producer\/star Brian Presley. The football-themed family about how challenges can become blessings opens in a nationwide limited release on Friday, April 13th. Synopsis:\u00a0 Touchback tells the story of Scott Murphy (Brian Presley), a former high…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13,24,29],"tags":[35,2531,2535,2533,2534,2536,2532],"class_list":["post-2069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-family-matters","category-movies","category-sports","tag-1-thessalonians-511","tag-actorproducer-brian-presley","tag-athlete-of-the-year","tag-kurt-russell","tag-melanie-lynskey","tag-the-fellowship-of-christian-athletes","tag-touchback"],"yoast_head":"\n