“Woodlawn,” the movie, is full of captivating sub-stories and themes, leaving something to inspire each and every viewer. The main theme that love conquers hate is supported by the power and demonstration of great leadership. It is packed full of leadership lessons for every single member of the family.

In spring, the sun shines longer and brighter, which means it’s easier to see the dirt that’s settled in the house over the winter months This year, while your spring cleaning the house, why not check-in with your soul, too? Easter is just around the corner, and there’s no better time than now to prepare your heart for the Easter season. Here are five steps that will help your soul feel light and refreshed. You can use this exercise as a devotion or meditate on the steps as you clean your own house.

In the inspirational movie, “Sacred Vow,” Doug and Amber are two teenagers madly in love. Fast-forward fifteen years, and their marriage has grown stale. So stale, in fact, that Doug finds himself in an affair with a younger women. When Doug finally comes to his senses and stops the affair, he attributes his cheating on ignoring the little things, saying about his life, “It got boring and uneventful, because I didn't value the details of our lives anymore."

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and if you’re still waiting for God to bring you that special someone, don’t give up. As Psalm 37:4 says, “Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” Seven years ago, a young Christian single named Tami Acree began relying on God’s timing, and a couple months ago, she married the love of her life.

The first day of being snowed can be a blast. School and work are canceled and you get to stay in pajamas as long as you want. But after a little while cabin fever sets in, and the kids have too much pent up energy. Here are some ideas to keep your family active and entertained if you should find you and your family snowed in this winter.

Among the  events wrapped into the phrase “Happy Holidays” is the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah. Celebrated for more than 2,000 years and detailed in the book of Maccabees, Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem after Antiochus took it from the Jews and used it to create an alter to Zeus in 167 B.C. To stop Antiochus, a man named Mattathias and his five sons planned a revolt.

With the secularization of Christmas comes the secularization of the time before Christmas: Advent. What was once a time of preparation for Christ’s coming has been either forgotten or boiled down to a calendar with a piece of chocolate for each of the 28 days before Christmas. However, there is so much more to this beautiful time of the year.

The latest addition to the PureFlix.com platform is the modern day musical, “Divine Will.”  The film actually wasn't even intended to include music, but the talented cast had voices too angelic to ignore. While music in a modern Christian film is still a growing genre, filmmakers such as Sight and Sound theatre and “Divine Will” creators, Ken and Christine Jones, remind us of the power of music and it’s ability to help us lift our hearts to God.

We pray you have a blessed Thanksgiving with you and your family. The Apostle Paul calls us to give thanks in all circumstances (1 Thessalonians 5:18). Check out this video for some great ways to practice giving thanks right now and throughout the rest of the year!

Tablets, phones, and TV screens. We’re surrounded by them, and our children are drawn to them like a moth to a flame. While this comes to our advantage when a toddler is cranky or the kids need to wind down with a movie, it’s also too easy to walk the line between a healthy amount of tech time and too much.

While we know that “they won’t be kids forever” and “they grow up so fast,” spending quality time with our kids somehow keeps slipping to the bottom of the laundry list. Perhaps it’s because 24 hours isn’t enough time in a day, or maybe we’re afraid of being labeled a helicopter parent - those parents who are overly involved and “hover” around all their kids’ activities.

In the Pure Flix film, “God’s Not Dead 2,” Pat Boone’s character, Walter Wesley, declares, “People seem to forget that in this day and age, the most basic human right of all is the right to believe.” Wesley’s words ring true to today’s Christians who live in a culture that becomes less and less tolerant to practicing religion, believing in God, and following the moral compass of one’s faith. In response to our nation’s failure to defend religious liberty, the Pensmore Foundation, the College of the Ozarks, and the American Family Association (AFA) are cosponsoring the Pensmore National Symposium on Religious Liberty at College of the Ozarks on October 7.

In honor of the first day of fall, we’ve put together a list of autumn activities that the whole family can enjoy. This time of year is so beautiful, but it always goes by too quickly. Here are some ways that you and your family can make the most of fall this year.

In the Christian movie, “God’s Compass,” Suzanne Waters’ husband receives a new heart and a few more years with his family because of another man’s death. As with most organ donations, the story in “God’s Compass” is simultaneously hopeful and devastating. It means the end of one man’s life, yet the continuation of another. In this way, organ donation is a beautiful demonstration of how God works all things for the good (Romans 8:28). However, the question remains: is organ donation okay? Some Christians feel that they should preserve their bodies. Others have trouble with the organ harvesting industry. What’s a Christian to do?

"She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts."

These words by George Eliot perfectly capture the character of Suzanne Waters in the Christian movie, “God’s Compass.” Though we never actually meet Suzanne Waters’ late husband in the film, we come to know his character through her stories of him, his old artifacts around her house, and even the brief sentences Suzanne says out loud to him, confident that he can hear her from heaven. Suzanne no longer wrestles with her grief, but it still lingers like a “lasting companion.” However, even in her loss, she finds joy and purpose in channeling her love toward those that God has put in her life.

Though grief cannot be completely erased until we are in heaven, we can, like Suzanne Waters, find solace in God’s plan for us and for our loved ones. If you have recently  experienced a great loss in your life, here are 5 ways that may help you to cope.