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Here's an excerpt from Signs of hope in film and television. Helpful piece. Take some time in the midst of all the Christmas media, to pray for the industry as a whole to not just raise the big questions and make money off of Christian audiences, but also to be moved by the Spirit to embrace the Big Picture given to us by the Word of God.

Beyond common grace, there's a sort of thawing of the relationship between people of faith and Hollywood. Although Christian culture has until recently viewed an interest in pursing a career in entertainment as frivolous at best and idolatrous at worst, God has not forgotten Hollywood. Believers working in entertainment often express a sense of being created to work as an actor, writer, or producer. People like Dan Ewald, a pastor's kid who found his passion creating shows to air on public access TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He used what was available to him: a troop of puppets that were knocking around his father's church. There was no doubt in his mind that he was intended to work in TV writing and production. "I always knew I would go to Hollywood," he said. He now lives in Los Angeles, where he writes comedy and hopes to one day sell a sitcom.