{"id":4991,"date":"2014-03-27T12:52:38","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T16:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=4991"},"modified":"2014-03-27T12:52:38","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T16:52:38","slug":"you-gotta-see-this-happy-life-affirming-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/03\/you-gotta-see-this-happy-life-affirming-video.html","title":{"rendered":"You gotta see this happy, life-affirming video!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All the Buzz!<\/strong> I caught this on YouTube from musician\/songwriter <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tom_Fletcher\">Tom Fletcher<\/a> of the British pop group McFly. The video cleverly and sweetly chronicles the pregnancy of his wife Giovanna and the March 13th of their son\u00a0Buzz Michelangelo Fletcher. As of this writing, it has nearly 7 -million views (and counting). Enjoy.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"Bump to Buzz\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yJ7-v7xVm3I?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>\n<p>BTW, you can read more about Buzz&#8217;s story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/world\/mcfly-tom-fletcher-shows-wife-pregnancy-video-article-1.1732082\">here<\/a> and follow Tom&#8217;s tweets <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tommcfly\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em><b>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. All the Buzz! I caught this on YouTube from musician\/songwriter Tom Fletcher of the British pop group McFly. The video cleverly and sweetly chronicles the pregnancy of his wife Giovanna and the March 13th of their son\u00a0Buzz Michelangelo Fletcher. 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