{"id":2561,"date":"2012-08-16T11:21:02","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T15:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=2561"},"modified":"2012-08-16T11:30:49","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T15:30:49","slug":"dean-cain-and-john-schneider-headline-i-am-gabriel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/08\/dean-cain-and-john-schneider-headline-i-am-gabriel.html","title":{"rendered":"Dean Cain and John Schneider headline &#8220;I Am&#8230;Gabriel&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drama explores theme of divine intervention.<\/strong>\u00a0 <em> I Am&#8230;Gabriel <\/em>stars TV icons Dean Cain and John Schneider in a tale about a mysterious boy who gives hope to the residents of a struggling, drought-stricken Texas town that some say is actually cursed following a decade-old tragedy. <em> \u00a0<\/em>12-year-old <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3918709\/\">Gavin Casalegno <\/a>portrays the title character.<\/p>\n<p>Director Mike Norris (Chuck&#8217;s son), who co-wrote the film and also has a role in it, says <em>\u201cI Am. . . Gabriel<\/em> shows what happens when people turn to God in prayer and start to trust Him for the circumstances in their lives.\u201d He adds, \u201cThe mystery of faith comes to life and encourages every viewer to see God at work in every little detail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>I Am&#8230;Gabriel<\/em> debuts on DVD on Tuesday, Aug. 28.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Norris&#8217; 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Fiddle Entertainment and Heaven\u2019s Promise Productions, the film<em> <strong> <\/strong><\/em>is distributed by EchoLight Studios.<\/p>\n<p>You can take a look at the trailer here:<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ewHux7C1fb8\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ewHux7C1fb8<\/a>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Drama explores theme of divine intervention.\u00a0 I Am&#8230;Gabriel stars TV icons Dean Cain and John Schneider in a tale about a mysterious boy who gives hope to the residents of a struggling, drought-stricken Texas town that some say is actually cursed following a decade-old&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,24],"tags":[3238,35,3242,3237,3241,3239,3244,3240,3243,259],"class_list":["post-2561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-movies","tag-i-am-gabriel","tag-1-thessalonians-511","tag-2nd-fiddle-entertainment","tag-dean-cain","tag-director-mike-norris","tag-divine-intervention","tag-echolight-studios","tag-gavin-casalegno","tag-heavens-promise-productions","tag-john-schneider"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dean Cain and John Schneider headline &quot;I Am...Gabriel&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/08\/dean-cain-and-john-schneider-headline-i-am-gabriel.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dean Cain and John Schneider headline &quot;I Am...Gabriel&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 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