At age 23, Jean Stevens was diagnosed with the rare disease Scleroderma, which affects the body’s ability to produce the collagen needed to give the skin elasticity. Jean faced the disease with the vibrancy and determination that was more than admirable — it was inspirational. Yet a positive attitude wasn’t enough to deflect the onslaught of yet another disease, this time cancer.
Poverty in America is probably not what you think. Emmy Award-winning producer Linda Midgett shows us in this groundbreaking documentary a new face of poverty in America. About 50 million people in the United States live below the poverty line (In 2014- $23,850 for a family of 4) and one in four American children lives in poverty. But what is poverty in America? What defines “the line” and how can the church and community make a difference?
Single Creek is a documentary about real Christian singles with real issues at all stages of life.
Briars in the Cotton Patch tells the story of Koinonia Farm where whites and blacks chose to live and work together in the Civil Rights era.
This short video is intended to encourage parents who have already adopted children, to encourage those who are considering adoption and to speak to those people who are dealing with an unwanted pregnancy, so that they might consider the loving option of adoption.
From Restoring the Heart Ministries come this one hour version of the seven hour In the Wildflowers training series. This abridged version enables the viewer to enter into the powerful stories of women who have survived sexual abuse. Includes insightful commentary from leading Christian counselors and experts on sexual trauma, including: John Eldredge and Dr. Diane Langberg.
Will Faith Do Us Part? reveals the intimate stories of three Christian couples who are dealing with the challenges of being united with a spouse who is no less devoted to Jesus, yet has different beliefs and faith practices from their own.
Ocean Quest chronicles the story of Valley Christian Schools’ junior high and high school students as they compete in the XPRIZE Global Ocean Mapping Challenge.
This powerful documentary profiles the life and work of Mother Antonia (Mary Clark), an American nun who chooses to live among the prisoners in La Mesa Penitentiary in Tijuana, Mexico.
This is the inspirational true story of Peter Hoa Stone.
This one-hour documentary presents the stories of inmates that bring clarity to Jesus’ teaching as they share the blessedness of the beatitudes in their own lives.
On October 8, 1944, a 37-year-old Italian priest named Father Placido Cortese exits the Basilica of St. Antonio in Padua and gets into a waiting car which then drives away. He is never seen again. Through extraordinary eyewitness accounts and official records, we learn about the young priest's abduction by the Gestapo and of his refusal, in the face of brutal torture, to name his collaborators to save hundreds of lives.
Join Ken Curtis as he visits fascinating sites in Israel, among them the location traditionally said to be where Jesus gave the Beatitudes. This brief collection of sayings about our blessedness or happiness was the opening to Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. Ken shows how the Beatitudes provide a whole new dimension in dealing with life's crises.
Ken Curtis unfolds the healing power of the Lord's Prayer from original locations in the life of Jesus.
This is the story of William and Catherine Booth, founders of The Salvation Army. It is a gripping narrative of struggle, difficulty, love, and ultimate triumph.
Long Road Back seeks to reduce the fear and stigma experienced by those re-entering society after serving a term in prison.
In this video, family survivors reveal their intimate stories and aching pain to assist other survivors and to help the broader community understand the unique and terrible grief of suicide. This documentary explores Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, and Greek Orthodox responses to suicide.
This is the touching, true story of Nicky Cruz, who turned from a life of drugs, violence and crime to serve Jesus Christ.
Kimberly R. Kelly talks about Alzheimer’s and Related Dementia followed by the most feared and little known aspects of Alzheimer’s: Wandering. Kim has a wonderful ability to explain in a simple and understandable way the effects Alzheimer’s has on a person’s brain and behavior. She also explains what current drug therapies are being used to treat patients.
In the summer of 1974, 17-year old Anita Keagy discovered that she was pregnant by her boyfriend. Having grown up in a loving but strict Christian home, Anita feared the disgrace it would bring on her family and considered abortion.
During the Second World War, racist laws in Italy forced thousands of Jews to flee their cities in search of safe haven. A few hundred of these refugees, facing dangerous obstacles along the way, reached Assisi, the city of St. Francis.
This powerful documentary profiles the life and work of Mother Antonia (Mary Clark), an American nun who chooses to live among the prisoners in La Mesa Penitentiary in Tijuana, Mexico.
Find Me is a profoundly moving documentary that tells the stories of three families who adopt children from China as well as the stories of those who loved these children first; The biological parents who feel they can’t keep their children and the orphanage nannies or foster-families who must say goodbye to the children they’ve raised for months…or years.