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At 60, Christian author Karen Kingsbury is a cornerstone of Christian fiction that doesn\u2019t ignore the hard truths of life. More recently, she has begun to dive into the world of film, with her book Someone Like You<\/em> making its big screen debut this month. The story is about a young architect who goes in search of his best friend\u2019s secret twin sister after his best friend\u2019s death. The project is self-funded by Kingsbury and is the first film to be released by her production company, Karen Kingsbury Productions.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time one of Kingsbury\u2019s books has had a screen adaptation, with some of her books being adapted into Hallmark movies and shows, but Kingsbury told The Christian Post<\/em><\/a> she was looking for something different. \u201cWe’ve seen several films made on my books and Hallmark movies and TV shows, and it’s been great and we feel very blessed and thankful, but it was never quite the movie that God put on my heart when He gave me the story in the first place,\u201d she said. She said she decided to use her own savings because \u201cyou can\u2019t take them with you.\u201d \u201cGod has given us just one life; it’s not a dress rehearsal. So, could we do this? Can we make a difference? Can we create a film that might truly speak to people and change culture for the good?\u201d<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s release, which focuses on the implications of embryo adoption, is timely as the abortion debate rages and Alabama deals with the implications of declaring human embryos as human<\/a> on IVF. Kingsbury expressed the importance of story as a method of evangelism. \u201cHow I feel about a story is that when Jesus wanted to tell you something straight, He just told you straight. And when He wanted to make a point, He might turn over a table. But when He wanted to touch your heart, He told a story,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd in that story, you had to lean in and figure out what He was saying and understand the parallels and the allegory of what that parable meant. And that’s what I want to do by telling the stories God gives me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andrew Peterson, author of the popular Wingfeather Saga<\/em><\/a> shared similar thoughts as the second season of the books\u2019 TV series debuted last week. Speaking with J.D. Peabody, author of The Inkwell Chronicles<\/em><\/a>, he shared<\/a> his heart for focusing on story rather than message. \u201cIt\u2019s important to me that this story operates as a story and not as a Sunday school lesson,\u201d he said. \u201cAgain and again in my notes for the writers on the show, I\u2019ve written in all caps, \u2018NO TEACHABLE MOMENTS.\u2019 At the dinner table afterward, you can find out what it has stirred up inside kids\u2019 hearts and minds, what it is that they are learning.\u201d He warned that a moral lesson as an agenda \u201cpours water on the story.\u201d \u201cMy hope for The Wingfeather Saga<\/em> is that it will be taken as a story first and will do this mysterious work that God has given stories to do in our hearts. It\u2019s first and foremost an adventure with characters that kids can really identify with; we get to sit back and watch what the Holy Spirit does with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cWingfeather Saga\u201d season one is available on Angel. Season 2 is available now for Guild members. \u201cSomeone Like You\u201d is now playing in theaters while \u201cThe Baxters,\u201d based on Kingsbury\u2019s popular Baxter family series, is now streaming on Amazon Prime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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