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• The Shack Author Paul Young
• It's Not a Movie, It's the Real Thing
• "Fissure" Webisodes Begin June 15th
• "Fireproof" Pastor Takes Look at Human Pain and Divine Promise
• "Slumdog Millionaire" Child Star Left Homeless
• Dove Review: The Heart of Texas
• Congratulations Graduates

Hi <<First Name>>,

It's the last week of May and students are graduating from high school and college. Some will leave home for the first time to attend college; others will enter the work force and get a full-time job.

I loved my college years. I made wonderful friendships and had some great professors who took an interest in me and my success. I even considered teaching at a college because my time there had such an impact on me.

It was also a time of personal growth. For the first time, I really owned my faith. I needed to know what I believed and why I believed it, separate of my parents. At the Bible college I attended, we had regular chapel services with lots of great speakers, and I took several Bible classes. But I still had to dig in and study the Scripture for myself.

During my last year in college, I experienced what Paul Young describes in The Shack as "a Great Sadness." After many years battling heart problems, my mother died. Like many of us, when life deals us tragic blows, I questioned God's plan and His goodness.

Helping me begin my recovery process were my wonderful college friends and caring professors. Even now, I remember the many kind things they did for my sister and me, as well as conversations about the loving nature of God, and what it means to be healed.

Many events and people influence us as we become adults, shaping us into God's design for our lives. If you have a high school or college senior, be grateful for the person they are, and pray for who they will become.

From the screening room,

Angela Walker
ChristianMovieNews.com

To talk with Paul Young is to realize he is a man who had an extraordinary encounter with his God that changed his life. He is in the middle of supporting a friend whose son is in crisis but has the time to talk with me about all things related to The Shack.

You wrote the story originally for your family. How has it impacted them?

Paul:    I thankfully have a very healthy family. I’ve got six kids who all love Jesus. They all have their own relationship with him. I didn’t write this story to try to communicate something to them so they’d change. If anything, it has opened up our conversations about people because we’re around all kinds of people now that we weren’t before.

If anything, it has profoundly increased our respect for the human creation and for the incredible wonder that’s inside of people. It doesn’t matter if they’ve got position or power or money; those kinds of things really don’t matter at all, and we get to be around a lot of people that we wouldn’t have otherwise. It is such an incredible joy.

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by Alan Schwarz - New York Times

Awakened residents thought it was a gas explosion, maybe a sonic boom. Others figured an espresso machine inside the Starbucks had blown up. One woman, walking by the dozens of official-looking law enforcement folks inside the crime-scene tape, explained to her young daughter how similar shows like "C.S.I." are filmed before realizing the asphalt was no stage.

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by Angela Walker

Producer/director Russ Pond is releasing segments from Fissure, an independent film, as webisodes on Fissure TV beginning June 15th. Recipient of awards from the Dallas AFI Film Festival, Hollywood FirstGlance Festival and the Redemptive Film Festival, the film has received early praise for its interesting premise and production values.

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Press Release

For everyone who leaves the theaters or finishes a Sherwood DVD thinking "That was me . . . now what?"—good news: the Sherwood message continues.

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WENN.com

Young Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali is facing life on the streets of Mumbai, India, after her home was torn down by authorities -- just days after her co-star suffered the same fate.

Their shanty shack was destroyed, along with dozens of others in the area -- and now the 9-year-old is terrified of having nowhere to live.

The Heart of Texas

Dove Family-Approved

Recommended for ages 12 and over

A true story of amazing love, forgiveness and grace in the face of tragedy.

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The Heart Of Texas - DVD
Dove Review:
This documentary gives the viewer a testimony of faith, compassion and forgiveness. It is a story of one man, Grover Norwood, who is always willing to help everyone and always looking for projects. He encounters a praying man named Ulice Parker and these two men's lives become entangled for the rest of their lives. Their story will bring you to tears of sorrow and joy.

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