Cecily and Everyone,

Oh! Loving one, please let us know what the movie is like when you see it.

I think it's neat you are seeing it twice.

I don't think it will be available in discriptive video, but I hope I'm wrong.

Love and Blessings,
Pat Ferguson


At 01:32 PM 2/20/04 -0800, you wrote:
>That's why I'm going twice.  On Monday night, my friend will read it to me,
>but her voice is so soft so I may not be able to hear all of what she says.
>I'm going again Tuesday night, so my friends (husband and wife) will each
>read it to me I think.  I want to get it when it comes out too.  I'd like to
>have Descriptive Video Service narrate it.
>
>Cecily
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Echurch-USA The Electronic Church
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Kathy Du Bois
>Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 5:03 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: The Passion of Christ movie
>
>
>Pat,
>         I definitely recommend the movie.  We're trying to get as many
>people from our church, including my two oldest boys, to see it next
>weekend.  I, however, may wait until it comes out on DVD so that Greg can
>read  it to me without bothering other people in what may be a very
>emotionally charged setting.  I know that I'll lose the big screen effect
>and the wrap around sound, but I cry even now when I think of what Jesus
>did for me so I don't know that I really need the punch in the stomach,
>reality check.
>         Mel Gibson did a very good job of holding his own in the
>interview last Monday night.  He apologizes for nothing.  He talks about
>his religious experience after wasting a lot of his life on drugs and
>alcohol and the emptiness that it all brought into his life.  Also, I was
>  pleased to note that they used pastors with an evangelical point of view
>to explain certain points in the film, such as the Jewish statement, "his
>blood be on our heads and on our children."  This subtitle has been
>removed from the movie, although it is still spoken in aramaic.  I was
>pleased that they used an evangelical to explain the meaning of this
>statement since this is the same network that let Peter Jennings use
>liberals in his documentary, "In Search of the Historical Jesus," to show
>case all the Jesus seminar dribble a few years back.
>         Dianne mentioned at the end of the interview that the review of
>this movie had created a lot of discussion among the staff of A.B.C.
>itself.  With this movie, and the ALPHA and Purpose Driven Life stuff all
>hitting so hard right now, we have to wonder if something spiritual is on
>the move.  I thought to myself yesterday, considering what is going on in
>Massachusetts and San Fransisco, that every day that we continue in this
>existance is definitely an act of loving grace on the part of a very
>loving God.  What a stench we must be in His nostrils!
>
>Oh Loving Father, forgive us of our many sins and help us lead others to
>you, the only pure and Holy reason for being.  Amen.
>
>In Christ's love,
>Kathy
>
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