This film reveals both the tremendous challenges and deep joys of raising a child with a developmental disability.
Mark van Rensburg is a self-made businessman with two companies, a commercial fishing boat and many medals and awards as a judo champion. His aggressive approach towards life, however, was fueled by a deep anger towards God. A turning point came when he was tragically paralyzed from the neck down as the result of an auto accident. Doctors were surprised he survived at all and gave him less than six months to live. But Mark, as strong-willed as ever, vowed he would walk again.
This beautifully produced travel/adventure documentary features stunning photography as it follows several mountain climbers as they attempt to summit one of the highest peaks in the Swiss Alps. Witness how their struggles and triumphs become powerful metaphors for their faith journeys. Christians and spiritual seekers will be challenged and inspired by the life lessons these climbers encounter at the Summit Cross. Lovers of extreme sports and nature will be especially fascinated by this striking documentary.
Blake Holding's parents faced an excruciating decision. Their child was diagnosed with a rare blood disease.
One day his teacher gives her students plastic eggs with the instructions to fill them with something that symbolizes Easter and new life. Jeremy's response to the assignment astonishes everyone. Inspired by Ida Mae Kempel's award-winning, true short story, "What Was in Jeremy's Egg?"
Evangelistic in content and geared to all ages, Life Flight is an action-packed program about finding meaning in life. A spine-tingling adventure about people trying to make sense of their lives–from the Vietnam veteran, scarred by war, to the idealistic flight nurse battling the bureaucracy and the administrator balancing lives and dollars.
Discover the deep conviction behind the man who followed God's call to this divine appointment.
Monasteries: A Stressed-Out American's Search For Solitude offers a place to get away from it all.
Kevin Green was convicted of the attempted murder of his pregnant wife and the killing of their unborn child. He steadfastly insisted his innocence. But they didn't believe him, and he was imprisoned 17 years before DNA evidence proved he didn’t do it and the real murderer confessed.
Nick Fourie is a talented rugby player whose major goal was to join the best team in the country. After years of hard training, his dreams came true. His wife, however, hated rugby and the associated world of fighting, drinking and women. They reached a compromise: just one more season and then Nick would quit. But it turned out otherwise.
In this inspiring video, director-actor-producer Billy Angel presents 22 powerful oral interpretations of our favorite Psalms in diverse settings that serve to evoke the mood and ambience that the original authors intended.
In this inspiring video, director-actor-producer Billy Angel presents 22 powerful oral interpretations of our favorite Psalms in diverse settings that serve to evoke the mood and ambience that the original authors intended.
Rosary for the World is a prayerful, reflective, and beautiful meditation on all 20 mysteries of the Rosary including the Luminous Mysteries.
Here is an inside look at what it is like to live with a mental illness and how individuals and their families find their way through medical, governmental, societal and spiritual issues--to hope.
The twelve apparitions incorporated within the fourteen Stations of Joy explain the ultimate purpose of Jesus' life, death and Resurrection during the fifty day period from the feast of Easter until Pentecost. For each of the Stations there is a narrative taken from the final chapters of each of the four Gospels. This devotion parallels the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary.
You know of her through the TV series "Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye." Now here is the rest you didn’t know, and her story is sure to capture a place in your heart. In this program, Sue tells how God helped her overcome daunting obstacles to share her message of hope and inspiration with others.
Diagnosed as totally deaf at the age of 18 months, Sue Thomas nevertheless went on to a successful career in the FBI. Her exploits were dramatized in the popular TV series, "Sue Thomas F.B. Eye." As an international speaker, Sue has shared the story of God's power to use her mightily in spite of tremendous obstacles.
Explore the Christian heritage of the English Premier League. Football historian Peter Lupson tells the story of twelve of these clubs and the people who have made an exceptional contribution to the beautiful game. In this 11-part documentary series he takes us to the places where the clubs began over a century ago, and also visits the stadiums they occupy today.
In this colorful, award-winning PBS documentary, Mennonite historian John Ruth takes us sympathetically into the Amish mindset. A look at Amish origins, beliefs, farm life, childhood, school, worship, recreation, courtship, horse transportation, barn-raising, land pressures, and cottage industry.
Spiritual cousins of the Mennonites and Amish, the Hutterites live simply with austerity. By a way of life that is supremely communal rather than individualistic, the Hutterites have rid themselves of poverty, homicide and anxiety about the future.
"The Touch of the Master's Hand" is an inspirational and captivating film that speaks eloquently to the worth and potential of every individual. This film parable, based on the beloved poem by Myra Brooks Welch, illustrates why all life is valuable and that anyone can find renewal and begin again.
Walt Lawrence was a handsome, personable, motivated, athletically gifted young Canadian. But in one instant, his dreams dissolved and his life was drastically changed when a diving accident left him a quadriplegic.
The Way of the Cross is a devotional exercise which uses prayers performed before representations of various incidents that occurred during Christ's journey to the Cross on Calvary. These stations in St. Patrick Church in Erie, PA, are beautiful life-size images made of carved stone or wood, mosaic, oil painting and fresco. These meditations offer understanding, healing and joy. They help draw us closer to Jesus and encourage us to love Him even more.
Mike and Sherry's future together looked bright until their first child was born with Cystic Fibrosis, a disease that would almost certainly kill the child in her teens. In this inspiring drama, young parents are pushed to the edge and find the strength not only to accept a second child with the same disease but also to adopt a third. This drama speaks powerfully to all those facing overwhelming difficulties.