The notable failure of public housing in cities such as Chicago proved that mass housing by the government did not work. What did work was when the high rise apartments were torn down twelve years ago and people were relocated into neighborhoods. Crime rates diminished somewhat, and opportunities for families rose. No matter how great the success, like Dorothy said about Kansas, “There’s no place like home.” Home includes being a part of a safe neighborhood; home is a place where one lives permanently. If that place is falling apart, with no heat or air, with rotting floorboards and broken appliances, it’s hard to imagine living there permanently. But what can the average person do to help?
As the author of a book titled Fight Like a Girl, I saw my Facebook page inundated with posts of #LikeAGirl after this video released last week. To be honest, these posts came in the middle of a very busy weekend when I spoke to 13,000 youth before flying to another city for multiple worship services. I hadn’t viewed the video until my son, Alec, texted me the link with the message, “Check out this awesome video. You’ll love it.” And he was right.
For years, Christians bemoaned the state of Hollywood movies—the sexuality, the language, the violence—while simultaneously wondering, “Will we ever be able to go to the theater as a family?”
Those days finally have arrived, and the films are anything but cartoonish.
Director/Writer/Producer Walter Dominguez and Executive Producer Shelley Morrison (Chasing Light Pictures, LLC) have announced that their award-winning feature length documentary “Weaving the Past: Journey of Discovery” is set to have its world premiere gala on Friday, August 15, at 7:00 p.m. at the Laemmle Playhouse 7 theater complex in Pasadena’s historic Playhouse District.
Faith Driven Consumer™ — the group behind both the IStandWithPhil.com movement which played a leading role in Phil Robertson’s return to Duck Dynasty and the ongoing Year of The Bible Movie campaign, which is tracking the commercial viability of major Hollywood films courting faith audiences this year, continues to advocate for 46 million Faith Driven Consumers who spend $1.75 trillion annually. Following the firestorm at Mozilla over its recently dismissed CEO Brendan Eich, Faith Driven Consumer launched the #OpenZilla campaign in an effort to encourage a company famous for open source solutions and inclusiveness to extend openness, tolerance, and respect to employees and job applicants who hold a biblically-based view of marriage.
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday declined to hear Elane Photography v. Willock, the case of a photographer who was told by the New Mexico Supreme Court that she must, as “the price of citizenship,” use her creative talents to communicate a message with which she disagrees or suffer punishment.
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