{"id":2566,"date":"2012-12-30T22:50:03","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T03:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/?p=2566"},"modified":"2012-12-30T22:58:04","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T03:58:04","slug":"nine-things-to-look-forward-to-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/nine-things-to-look-forward-to-in-2013","title":{"rendered":"Nine Things to Look Forward to in 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Edited by Kevin Collard<\/strong>
\nCommunications Director, The\u00a0Center for the Study of God & Culture<\/em><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0History Channel’s <\/a>The Bible<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>– from \u201cSurvivor\u201d creator Mark Burnett\u2019s production company. The 10-hour, five-part miniseries will launch Sunday, March 3 at 8 p.m. featuring live-action and CGI, will be narrated by Emmy winner Keith David and will feature a musical score\u00a0by Oscar winner Hans Zimmer.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0My hope with Billy Graham<\/a> \u2013 in November a nationwide Television event sponsored by the Billy Graham Evangelistic association will feature a multifaceted, technological outreach to seekers around the globe. It depends on YOUR willingness to sign up as a current day \u201cMatthew\u201d and inviting seeker friends for dinner on the appointed night.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0The One Way Experience Tour<\/a>\u00a0– coming to your hometown! Remember the Jesus music of the 70\u2019s? This tour will feature performances by Andrae Crouch, Love Song, Randy Stonehill, Evie, The Archers, and Michael Omartian! A sure way to remember the joy of your salvation.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Burning Lights<\/a><\/em>. You won\u2019t have to wait long (January 8th) for the new release of modern praise songwriter Chris Tomlin\u2019s new release Burning Lights<\/em>.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Captain Phillips<\/a> film- released in March of 2013 will bring us the story of devout Catholic Captain Richard Phillips who was delivering much needed supplies to Somalia when Pirates hijacked his ship. Phillips sacrificed himself for his crew members. Tom Hanks plays the role of this brave man who stayed alive until Naval sharp shooters were able to detain the pirates. Also on July 4th weekend we will see Johnny Depp bring back The Lone Ranger.<\/em><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0China is sending a spacecraft to the moon<\/a>: How will the world respond?<\/p>\n

7. Tim Tebow<\/em>. Speculation has the NFL QB returning to Jacksonville, Florida to play for the jaguars.
\n<\/a>
\n8. REALITY TV SHOWS about Christians? TLC Network’s Sisterhood<\/em><\/a>\u00a0scheduled to premiere Jan. 1, preachers’ wives are the focus in “an honest, behind-the-scenes look into the struggles, triumphs and unique experiences that shape these bold women as they ditch their Sunday hats and morph into the dynamic and influential figures they have become and aim to be.” And Lifetime TV’s new reality show that centers on the lives of preachers’ kids is scheduled to air on the Lifetime Television Network in 2013. Preachers’ Daughters<\/em><\/a> is said to give a behind-the-scenes look into the lives of teenagers whose fathers are Christian ministers, and how they handle worldly temptations with the guidance of their parents.<\/p>\n

9. Random Acts of Kindness<\/em>, the book that sparked the movement, is 20 years old, and to celebrate, the editors of Conari Press have compiled Random Acts of Kindness Then and Now<\/a> (Feb. 2013), which includes stories from the original book with new material sourced from Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks. The anniversary edition includes stories of generosity and kindness in the wake of Super Storm Sandy, and Conari will donate a portion of the book\u2019s proceeds to the American Red Cross.<\/p>\n

SOMETHING WE DON\u2019T LOOK FORWARD TO:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometime in 2013, NBC will air Save Me<\/em><\/a>, the sitcom set in the fictional Cincinnati suburb of \u201cIndian Hills.\u201d Anne Heche stars as a housewife who believes she is a modern-day prophet after having a near-death experience choking on a sandwich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Edited by Kevin Collard Communications Director, The\u00a0Center for the Study of God & Culture 1.\u00a0History Channel’s The Bible\u00a0– from \u201cSurvivor\u201d creator Mark Burnett\u2019s production company. The 10-hour, five-part miniseries will launch Sunday, March 3 at 8 p.m. featuring live-action and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2566"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2572,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566\/revisions\/2572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}