Ninetyandnine: An Apostolic in Hollywood
I can’t say enough good things about this week’s Ninetyandnine.com cover: An Apostolic in Hollywood. It features an interview with Eric Roemheld, who is a set designer for some famous big budget movies and a man making an impact in church drama ministry.
Hitting Home
I’ve mentioned my conflict over my personal involvement in the medium of movies. I thought the article with Eric Roemheld was extremely enlightening because it allows a view into the life of an upstanding Christian who happens to work in an industry many Christians have mixed views about. The interview was an eye-opener, and I respect Roemheld. Could you live in Hollywood, rub shoulders with celebrity actors, and approach movie-making with a humility that it is just your way of earning a living? What’s more, could you make healthy Christian choices each day about your career when that career by its very nature raises certain Christian dilemmas? Roemheld does and goes a step beyond to apply his skills to church ministry.
It’s sometimes easy to make a candy stick out of movies. We can easily pigeonhole film as a “bad” medium, and since very few Apostolics are involved, there’s little threat in making blanket statements about the film industry. The interview really shed some light on the industry and those Apostolics who are prayerfully trying to maintain their vocation and apply those skills back to the kingdom. I encourage you to read the interview and consider how the expanding prevalence of media in our society will impact the church, and in return, how we can impact others through media.
Hitting Home
I’ve mentioned my conflict over my personal involvement in the medium of movies. I thought the article with Eric Roemheld was extremely enlightening because it allows a view into the life of an upstanding Christian who happens to work in an industry many Christians have mixed views about. The interview was an eye-opener, and I respect Roemheld. Could you live in Hollywood, rub shoulders with celebrity actors, and approach movie-making with a humility that it is just your way of earning a living? What’s more, could you make healthy Christian choices each day about your career when that career by its very nature raises certain Christian dilemmas? Roemheld does and goes a step beyond to apply his skills to church ministry.
It’s sometimes easy to make a candy stick out of movies. We can easily pigeonhole film as a “bad” medium, and since very few Apostolics are involved, there’s little threat in making blanket statements about the film industry. The interview really shed some light on the industry and those Apostolics who are prayerfully trying to maintain their vocation and apply those skills back to the kingdom. I encourage you to read the interview and consider how the expanding prevalence of media in our society will impact the church, and in return, how we can impact others through media.
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