{"id":7519,"date":"2017-06-16T11:03:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T15:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=7519"},"modified":"2017-06-16T13:41:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T17:41:36","slug":"coming-attractions-stray-word-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2017\/06\/coming-attractions-stray-word-life.html","title":{"rendered":"Coming Attractions: &#8220;The Stray&#8221;, &#8220;Word of Life&#8221; and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming attractions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Stray | Official Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HYzRFqY7MNE?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 id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_33843\" dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_35002\"><strong>And God made Pluto.<\/strong> Struck Films, Purdie Distribution and Motive Entertainment has announce the upcoming release of <\/span><em>The Stray<\/em>, a family film written and directed by Mitch Davis (The Other Side of Heaven<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_35005\">) based on a screenplay by Parker Davis with Ken Brailsford executive producing. <\/span>Set for release in select markets in the United States on October 6, 2017, the family drama<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_35010\"> tells the true story of how a stray dog dubbed Pluto impacts a struggling family. <\/span><em>The Stray<\/em> has <span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_33842\">received the Dove Family Approved seal for its portrayal of positive values and is a film you can take your entire family to see. <\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_33833\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt\u2019s really not a stretch to say that Pluto gave me my life back,\u201d said Mitch Davis. \u201cHe saved me and my family in more ways than one. And although The Stray<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_35030\"> reflects my personal story, I know there countless families across America who could say the same thing about a pet that greatly impacted them with its unconditional love &#8211; which is why I hope families will see this film together.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_23581\" class=\"yiv0507027167e2ma-style\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_23580\" class=\"yiv0507027167e2ma-style\"><strong>Multi-award winning artist and songwriter Jeremy Camp&#8217;s latest single debuts today.<\/strong> <em>Word Of Life<\/em> can be found at all digital formats by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/zkzdkc\/fplmen\/bqfnam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>. The song<\/span><\/span><span class=\"yiv0507027167e2ma-style\"><span class=\"yiv0507027167e2ma-style\"> is the first single from Camp&#8217;s upcoming album slated for release this fall.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Jeremy Camp - Word Of Life (Song Story)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u1joKsbTniU?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 class=\"yiv0572074676MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cycle-slide cycle-slide-active\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn20.patchcdn.com\/users\/978402\/20170615\/043544\/styles\/T600x450\/public\/article_images\/patti_ann_mcdonald_at_in_the_arena_2-1497558133-2676.jpg\" alt=\"Malverne Mayor Patti Ann McDonald Interviewed by Msgr. Kieran Harrington, &quot;In the Arena,&quot; to Air July 2\" width=\"249\" height=\"187\" \/><strong>A true love story.<\/strong> Monsignor Kieran Harrington, host of NET TV&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/netny.tv\/shows\/in-the-arena\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">In the Arena<\/a><\/em>, invited Patti Ann McDonald, Mayor of Malverne, NY and winner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christophers.org\/awards-2017-release\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">2017 Christopher Leadership Award<\/a>, to speak about her award and life with NYPD Detective Steven McDonald, who died earlier this year. The program&#8211;that the Monsignor called the Independence Day show&#8211;will air on WOR 710 radio at 8 a.m. on Sunday, July 2, 2017. Mrs. McDonald is a living witness to the Christopher ideal that \u201cIt\u2019s better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.\u201d&#8230;I do some booking work for <em>ITA<\/em> and would like to thank Mayor McDonald for agreeing to do the wonderful interview and\u00a0 Jeanne Byington of JM Byington &amp; Associates for getting out the word.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-york\/malverne-lynbrook\/malvern-mayor-patti-ann-mcdonald-interviewed-msgr-kieran-harrington-arena\">More here<\/a>. <em>In the Arena, <\/em>hosted by Diocese of Brooklyn Vicar for Communications, Kieran Harrington airs Sundays in NYC on WOR 710AM at 8 AM (ET), Relevant Radio 1430AM at 1 PM, and NET TV at\u00a08 PM ET and Catholic TV in at 10:30 PM ET!<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0572074676MsoNormal\"><strong>What&#8217;s UP with Emmy?<\/strong> Charley Humbard, UP TV\u2019s Founder and CEO, was honored Saturday night with the 2017 southeast Emmy Governors\u2019 Award, a special honor recognizing exceptional achievement. The Board of Governors Awards are for truly outstanding and unique accomplishments or for achievements of some duration and durability. The award can be given to an individual, a company or an organization for outstanding achievement in the arts, sciences or management of television, which is either of a cumulative nature or so extraordinary and universal in nature as to be beyond the realm of the awards presented in the categories of achievement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0572074676MsoNormal\"><strong>Speaking of radio: <\/strong>Friend of this blog, Alexis Walkenstein interviews Catholic mystic Frank Kelly this weekend on her <a href=\"http:\/\/marystouch.org\/\"><em>Mary&#8217;s Touch<\/em><\/a> program.\u00a0 List of <a href=\"http:\/\/marystouch.org\/stations\/\">radio stations carrying Mary&#8217;s Touch here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0572074676MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_27434\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_27433\"><strong id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_27437\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_27436\"><em>The Case for Christ<\/em> hits Blu-ray\/DVD market. <\/span><\/strong><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_27436\">O<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_27432\">ne of the best-reviewed faith-based films of 2017, is coming to home entertainment on\u00a0 Aug. 15, 2017, from Pure Flix Entertainment. The film will be released into the general consumer market by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The film is based on the true story Lee Strobel (who I worked for as a segment producer on his Faith Under Fire PAX-TV series) who in the 1980s was a hard-driving journalist and atheist who decided to use his investigative skills to disprove Christianity. To say the least, the results were not what he anticipated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0572074676MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_27434\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_27433\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_27432\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_27434\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_27433\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_27432\"><em>The Case for Christ<\/em> is rated PG and directed by Jon Gunn (<em>Do You Believe?<\/em>) from a script by Brian Bird (<em>Captive, Touched by an Angel<\/em>)<em>.<\/em> The film is produced by Michael Scott, David A.R. White, Russell Wolfe, Elizabeth Hatcher-Travis, Brittany Lefebvre, Karl Horstmann and Alysoun Wolfe.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_27434\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_27433\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_27432\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0572074676MsoNormal\">__ <strong>More News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0572074676MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_27434\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_27433\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_27432\"><strong>What&#8217;s UP with EMMY?<\/strong> Charley Humbard, UP TV\u2019s Founder and CEO, was honored Saturday night with the 2017 southeast Emmy Governors\u2019 Award, a special honor recognizing exceptional achievement. The Board of Governors Awards are for truly outstanding and unique accomplishments or for achievements of some duration and durability. This award can be given to an individual, a company or an organization for outstanding achievement in the arts, sciences or management of television, which is either of a cumulative nature or so extraordinary and universal in nature as to be beyond the realm of the awards presented in the categories of achievement.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uptv.com\/\"><strong>UP TV<\/strong><\/a>, which began life in 2004 as the<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Up_(TV_network)\"> Gospel Music Channel<\/a> before rebranding as UP TV in 2013 , focuses on uplifting programming aimed at\u00a0 families of all shapes, sizes and complexities.&#8221; The network has seen tremendous ratings growth this past year as its slogan \u201cWe Get Family\u201d resonated with viewers.\u00a0 The network also operates the streaming service UP Faith &amp; Family, available through Amazon Prime, Comcast Xfinity, Dish or <a href=\"http:\/\/upfaithandfamily.com\/\">upfaithandfamily.com<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Prior to founding UP Entertainment, Humbard served as a senior executive at Discovery Networks, responsible for the development and launch of seven digital cable network brands. Additionally, Charley was a founding member of Discovery International Networks charged with launching the Discovery Channel Networks in 140 countries and creating operations facilities on three continents. Son of the country\u2019s first television minister, Humbard began his career writing and recording music and performing on television for the Rex Humbard Worldwide Ministries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0572074676MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-viewer-candidate\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2017\/06\/03\/arts\/03DAD1\/03DAD1-master768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"144\" \/>BTW, this weekend being Father&#8217;s Day and all, you might want to checkout Date My Dad ((9:00 PM ET), UP&#8217;s new scripted dramedy series starring Barry Watson as a widowed father of three daughters and Raquel Welch as has his late wife&#8217;s mom and grandmother of the kids. It&#8217;s a kindhearted, enjoyable family show that is all too missed on broadcast network television (particularly, since the unfortunate cancellations of ABC&#8217;s <em>Last Man Standing<\/em> despite strong ratings). It seems<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/2017\/06\/15\/last-man-standing-cmt-in-early-talks-for-revival.html\"> cable is becoming the place to go for family-friendly scripted fare<\/a>.<br \/>\n(Above photo from Marcel Williams\/UP TV).<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0572074676MsoNormal\"><strong>Prayers for dad. <\/strong><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_3928\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_3944\">As Father&#8217;s Day nears, <\/span><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_3935\"><a id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_3934\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mmsend3.com\/link.cfm?r=sFuL6_cJOqGAXNZmLwUUQg%7E%7E&amp;pe=D5l4V4m4Mh_A73UpFSO3r3thrAJjH6qSkzUXJw74CeXZjDM2BQSfyk_EXFAizbwRtEHeU2iWofk3jbKLxcrW6w%7E%7E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_3933\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_3936\">Abide, the Christian meditation and prayer app,<\/span><\/b><\/a><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_3937\"> conducted a survey among its four million users shows the most common prayers for Dad. Results of the online survey revealed <b id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_3938\">physical well-being, protection and salvation are the most common prayers offered for fathers<\/b>. <\/span><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_3940\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_3939\">Nearly 70 percent of users surveyed shared their concern for their dad&#8217;s health, including battles with dementia and heart disease. Approximately 50 percent said safety is their most important prayer request, and 41 percent pray for their dad to come to know and follow Jesus.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_3987\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_3988\">&#8220;These Father&#8217;s Day survey results show that just as our parents never stop caring or worrying about us, we also do the same for them,&#8221; said<b> <\/b><\/span><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_3990\"><a id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_3993\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mmsend3.com\/link.cfm?r=sFuL6_cJOqGAXNZmLwUUQg%7E%7E&amp;pe=J21TiK98D2H3Yrv9ANfgJxJRszW-BhTqfKzvIkyqpsI4Da7EkYv497Ip3UPpsBHAPhN5FdG1CWdoMkNuq0YtbQ%7E%7E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_3992\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_3991\">Neil Ahlsten, co-founder of Abide<\/span><\/b><\/a><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_3989\">. &#8220;We want our dads to be around for as long as possible, see them succeed, and spend eternity with them. These are all fears and hopes we, as children, can relate to; they connect us as people.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0572074676MsoNormal\"><strong>God is calling you forward &#8211; no matter how much you messed up. <\/strong><em>I will heal their waywardness and love them freely.<\/em> &#8211; Hosea 14:4 &#8211; This was in my inbox this morning from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nacr.org\/\">National Association of Christian Recovery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492000106081_69627\"><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em><strong>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><em>John W. Kennedy is a writer and entertainment media consultant.<\/em><\/div>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497616119104_4013\" class=\"yiv0572074676MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media. Coming attractions: And God made Pluto. 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