{"id":34433,"date":"2023-12-15T09:25:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T14:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=34433"},"modified":"2023-12-15T09:25:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T14:25:17","slug":"lifetime-and-fox-honor-hero-veteran-family-members-scrooge-the-devotional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2023\/12\/lifetime-and-fox-honor-hero-veteran-family-members-scrooge-the-devotional.html","title":{"rendered":"Lifetime and Fox honor hero veteran family members + Scrooge: The Devotional"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1adg3ll r-bztko3 r-16l9doz r-6gpygo r-2o1y69 r-1v6e3re r-1xce0ei\" data-testid=\"UserAvatar-Container-JamesMartinSJ\">\n<div class=\"r-1p0dtai r-1pi2tsx r-u8s1d r-1d2f490 r-ipm5af r-13qz1uu\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1adg3ll r-1pi2tsx r-13qz1uu r-u8s1d r-1wyvozj r-1v2oles r-desppf r-bztko3\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3><strong>Here&#8217;s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media &amp; culture: 12\/15\/23<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><iframe title=\"Honoring Military Spouses | Gift of a Lifetime\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ik7DUrOFpHc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tis the season for giving at Lifetime and Fox New Channel.Gift of a Lifetime. <\/strong>Each year during the holiday season, <strong>Lifetime<\/strong> honors a woman who has been identified as demonstrating selfless service. As the above video shows, this year the network\u00a0 partnered with <strong>DirecTV <\/strong>and the nonprofit <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbox.aenetworks.com\/t\/c?e=john@jwkmedia.com&amp;h=4b104c0c93797ebcb847879680528b07&amp;u=714261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Blue Star Families<\/a><\/strong> organization to give back to not just one woman but eleven military spouses.<\/p>\n<p>Also this week, <strong><em>Fox &amp; Friends&#8217;<\/em> <em>12 Days of Giving<\/em><\/strong> kicked off with <strong>Elizabeth Dole Foundation CEO Steve Schwab<\/strong> surprising retired <strong>NYPD Sergent Chris Traumer<\/strong> with $10,000 dollars to help him care for his <strong>US Air Force<\/strong> veteran father. Catch the clip <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6342964078112\">here<\/a> (it ends with a heartwarming twist involving co-host <strong>Ainsley Earhardt<\/strong>).<br \/>\n_____<br \/>\n<strong>What&#8217;s left to do after a classic book has adapted into plays, movies, multiple TV shows and, most recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2023\/11\/scrooge-becomes-a-christmas-podcast-classic-in-theaters-trolls-band-together.html\">a successful scripted podcast<\/a>? Why a devotional of course!<\/strong> That&#8217;s right <strong>Hope Media Group&#8217;<\/strong>s hit podcast presentation of <em><strong>Scrooge: A Christmas Carol <\/strong><\/em>is now the basis of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/reading-plans\/41337-scrooge\">free five-day devotional (with no commercials)<\/a> courtesy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsbiggestsmall.group\/\"><strong>World\u2019s Biggest Small Group (WBSG)<\/strong><\/a>. WBSG produces bimonthly studies that tackle life\u2019s big questions and bring hope through biblical truths. The <em>Scrooge<\/em> devotional focuses on timeless lessons from the Charles Dickens classic including meditations on how to use your time wisely, choosing joy, searching for contentment, extending mercy and being made\u00a0 new. <strong>God bless us everyone!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rounded-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimageproxy.youversionapi.com%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fyvplans%2F41337%2F1280x720.jpg&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75\" alt=\"Scrooge: A 5 Day Devotional Based on the Charles Dickens' Classic Tale\" width=\"557\" height=\"313\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1adg3ll r-bztko3 r-16l9doz r-6gpygo r-2o1y69 r-1v6e3re r-1xce0ei\" data-testid=\"UserAvatar-Container-JamesMartinSJ\">\n<div class=\"r-1p0dtai r-1pi2tsx r-u8s1d r-1d2f490 r-ipm5af r-13qz1uu\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1adg3ll r-1pi2tsx r-13qz1uu r-u8s1d r-1wyvozj r-1v2oles r-desppf r-bztko3\">\n<div class=\"r-1p0dtai r-1pi2tsx r-u8s1d r-1d2f490 r-ipm5af r-13qz1uu\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-sdzlij r-1udh08x r-u8s1d r-ggadg3 r-8jfcpp\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-sdzlij r-1udh08x r-u8s1d r-1wyvozj r-1v2oles r-desppf\">\n<div>\n<p><em>John W. Kennedy is a writer, producer and media development consultant specializing in television and movie projects that uphold positive timeless values, including trust in God. <\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><em><span class=\"st\">Encourage one another and build each other up &#8211; <\/span><\/em><span class=\"st\">1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media &amp; culture: 12\/15\/23 Tis the season for giving at Lifetime and Fox New Channel.Gift of a Lifetime. Each year during the holiday season, Lifetime honors a woman who has been identified as demonstrating selfless service. As the above video shows, this year the network\u00a0 partnered with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3632,10,13,1591,14,22,10653,31,1],"tags":[12886,16019,3161,16025,16022,16016,15737,1753,16028,15860,16031,16034],"class_list":["post-34433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-christmas","category-current-events","category-family-matters","category-good-works","category-gratitude","category-media","category-podcasts","category-television","category-uncategorized","tag-ainsley-earhardt","tag-blue-star-families","tag-directv","tag-elizabeth-dole-foundation-ceo-steve-schwab","tag-fox-friends-12-days-of-giving","tag-fox-new-channel","tag-hope-media-group","tag-lifetime","tag-nypd-sergent-chris-traumer","tag-scrooge-a-christmas-carol","tag-us-air-force","tag-worlds-biggest-small-group-wbsg"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lifetime and Fox honor hero veteran family members + Scrooge: The Devotional<\/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\/2023\/12\/lifetime-and-fox-honor-hero-veteran-family-members-scrooge-the-devotional.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lifetime and Fox honor hero veteran family members + Scrooge: The Devotional\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here&#8217;s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media &amp; culture: 12\/15\/23 Tis the season for giving at Lifetime and Fox New Channel.Gift of a Lifetime. 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