Grace Unplugged

Monday night my wife, youngest daughter and I were invited to a free screening of the movie Grace Unplugged, which is scheduled for release on October 4. My wife and I enjoyed the movie very much; more surprising to me was how much my daughter liked it. I asked her if she wanted to go to the movie and showed her the trailer; within the first twenty seconds of the trailer, she gave me an enthusiastic yes and told me the movie would be great! She was right.

My youngest daughter is 16, suffers from severe ADHD and other mental illness (she was exposed to crack among other things in utero; we adopted her out of foster care). A couple of years ago, before a subsequent change in her medication, she ran away for nearly 36 hours. So my wife and I could identify some with the movie, as could my daughter.

The movie is well-written, the acting is superb, and I would recommend it to anyone who would like to see a good movieā€”a good movie that also happens to be Christian-themed. It should spur some interesting discussion after viewing.

I will admit that once or twice the movie made me cry. I think my wife teared up, too. Not sure about my daughter. I suspect she’d never admit it. But she has praised the movie on Facebook to her friends.

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About R.P. Nettelhorst

I'm married with three daughters. I live in southern California and I'm the interim pastor at Quartz Hill Community Church. I have written several books. I spent a couple of summers while I was in college working on a kibbutz in Israel. In 2004, I was a volunteer with the Ansari X-Prize at the winning launches of SpaceShipOne. Member of Society of Biblical Literature, American Academy of Religion, and The Authors Guild
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