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All Saints: The Kind of Movie The Church Needs to Make

August 28, 2017Kathy LarsonAll Saints, Burma, John Corbett, Karen, refugee crisis, The Church

(By Kathy Larson, The Layman). This is the kind of movie The Church needs to be making. I’ve been reviewing faith-based movies for several years now, and I find myself often disappointed in the quality of the acting and the storyline. All Saints was like a breath of fresh air in the faith-based movie world….

Amid reforms in Burma, killing of Christian civilians continues

March 20, 2013LaymanBurma, Christian, Myanmar, Thein Sein

CHIANG MAI, Thailand – Days before Burmese president Thein Sein was reportedly nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize last week, a report revealed his government troops had killed and raped dozens of civilians and burned hundreds of churches and homes. At war with rebels in predominantly Christian Kachin state, government troops killed at least nine civilians…