{"id":8676,"date":"2022-12-22T09:39:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T14:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=8676"},"modified":"2022-12-22T09:40:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T14:40:47","slug":"film-director-alex-kendrick-says-hes-grateful-after-dealing-with-cancer-and-a-stroke-god-is-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2022\/12\/film-director-alex-kendrick-says-hes-grateful-after-dealing-with-cancer-and-a-stroke-god-is-good.html","title":{"rendered":"Film Director Alex Kendrick Says He’s Grateful After Dealing With Cancer and a Stroke: “God is Good”"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>
Alex Kendrick\/Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Award-winning Christian filmmaker Alex Kendrick shares lessons he learned during two medical battles this year, including a mild stroke that placed him in the hospital. “God is good,” he told Christian Headlines. Kendrick, the director of such faith-based hits as\u00a0War Room<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Overcomer<\/em>, had a mild stroke in March and recently had surgery to remove melanoma skin cancer off the top of his head.<\/p>\n

He is the only director to make three straight movies that earned an A+ CinemaScore rating (Overcomer<\/em>,\u00a0War Room\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Courageous<\/em>). CinemaScore is an exit polling service that asks moviegoers, on opening weekend, to grade a film.<\/p>\n

Kendrick was the executive producer of a new movie,\u00a0Lifemark<\/em>, released on Dec. 13 on DVD and other home video platforms. That same day, Walmart will begin selling a DVD package that includes the first seven movies from Alex and his brother, Stephen.<\/p>\n

He acknowledged it’s been a “rough year health-wise.” The doctor, he said, called it a “mild” stroke. “I had had some issues with that for a number of weeks and slowly overcame that. There’s a couple of minor things that stayed with me, but they’re not stopping me,” he said, adding that the melanoma cancer surgery “went well.”<\/p>\n

“They’re sure they got all the cancer. I’m very grateful for that,” he said. “So [there were a] couple of scary moments, but I’m very, very grateful and thankful to the Lord. But no matter what happens, He is good and is always faithful and loyal and deserves our praise and worship. I’m gonna keep rolling, and as long as the Lord allows me to, I will keep serving Him and doing what He’s called us to do.”<\/p>\n

\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n
View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

A post shared by Alex Kendrick (@the.alex.kendrick)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n