{"id":13299,"date":"2018-05-02T18:04:26","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T22:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=13299"},"modified":"2018-05-02T18:04:26","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T22:04:26","slug":"like-arrows-brings-pro-family-values-big-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2018\/05\/like-arrows-brings-pro-family-values-big-screen.html","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLike Arrows\u201d Brings Pro-Family Values to the Big Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"aop_d3-562\"<\/a>Parenting has always been simultaneously the most rewarding and difficult job any human being can undertake. To see Hollywood tell it, though, parenting is either unrelenting angst or endless Kodak moments. FamilyLife\u2019s new film, \u201cLike Arrows,\u201d seeks to correct that misperception and encourage parents or soon-to-be parents. Parenting, said Executive Producer Dennis Rainey, is \u201cone of the greatest privileges and hardest assignments humans are ever given\u2026[there aren\u2019t] many movies that have been released around the value of being parents and the value of children.\u201d<\/p>\n

That said, \u201cLike Arrows\u201d does not shy away from the difficulties or challenges that come with being a parent. \u201cIt deals with some pretty gritty stuff,\u201d said Rainey. That has not, however, stopped the film from being well received. The film was named the Best Feature Film and Audience Choice at the Christian Worldview Festival in Franklin, Tennessee.<\/p>\n

The title of the film comes from Pslam 127: 3-5, \u201cChildren are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one\u2019s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court.\u201d The film, however, was actually born out of a completely different project, an eight part video project called the Art of Parenting that is available through FamilyLife. \u201cWhat happened,\u201d said Rainey, \u201cwas Bob Lepine\u2026was shooting some vignettes [for the Art of Parenting]\u2026and realized he had the making of a movie.\u201d The creation of the film went forward and is meant to both entertain its audiences and offer parents some hope and encouragement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a lot of parents are looking for help, looking for hope,\u201d said Rainey. \u201c[They] see a lot of very challenging issues in the culture and do not know what to do.\u201d Rainey hopes that the Art of Parenting will help prepare parents for those challenges so that they can, in turn, prepare their children to face an increasingly complex world.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the Scripture described kids,\u201d Rainey said, \u201cGod didn\u2019t describe them as a curse. He described them as a blessing, a reward\u2026[He] described them as the arrows in the hands of a warrior. I think that\u2019s fascinating, and I think that parents are warriors.\u201d FamilyLife is hoping to teach \u201cthese warriors\u2026how to aim their arrows. How to pull it up, aim it and release it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLike Arrows\u201d will be in theaters May 1 and 3, 2018, and Rainey hopes that the film gives parents some much needed encouragement. \u201cI hope that parents, and people in general, see the value of children and see the value of this assignment we are given. [It] is a generational hand off of spiritual and moral values\u2026Who better to craft that then parents operating from a Biblical standpoint?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Parenting has always been simultaneously the most rewarding and difficult job any human being can undertake. To see Hollywood tell it, though, parenting is either unrelenting angst or endless Kodak moments. FamilyLife\u2019s new film, \u201cLike Arrows,\u201d seeks to correct that misperception and encourage parents or soon-to-be parents. 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