Video: Netflix to Unveil Family Friendly Programming
Netflix recently announced it will roll out a new line of programming geared for families and children.
Watch the video below to learn more.
Be Part Of The Annual “Life Chain” On Sunday, October 7
The annual Life Chain is coming up on Sunday, October 7.
This is an event that takes place across North America every year. Pro-life families and churches line up along public sidewalks for an hour, holding signs and praying.
Last year more than 100,000 Americans participated in the Life Chain.
If you or your church would like to be part of this event, below is a list of Life Chain locations in Arkansas and coordinators who are facilitating the event.
You can learn more at Lifechain.net or NationalLifeChain.org.
BENTON – Military Road in front of Post Office, 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.; Jody Jordan 501-840-3521
BERRYVILLE – Hwy 62 at the Square, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.; Mark & Kathleen Blossom 479-253-7895
CHEROKEE VILLAGE / HIGHLAND – Hwy 62 / 412 at Tekakwitha Dr, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.; St Michael Catholic Church 870-257-2850
CONWAY – Oak St at Harkrider St, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.; signs at Village Shopping Center; Meryl Fulmer 501-339-4216
FAYETTEVILLE – N Crossover at Brandon Circle, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.; David Bordovsky 479-263-7000
FLIPPIN – Hwy 62 (Main St) at 8th St, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.; Ron Schweikert 817-832-3227
GRAVETTE – 606 Atlanta (Hwy 72E), 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.; Pastor Lonnie Witt 479-787-7312 Benton County Right to Life
GREEN FOREST – Hwy 62 (Main St) at the City Square, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.; Gregg & Cindy Luebbering 870-438-5340
HARRISON – Hwy 62-65N across from the mall, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.; A.K. & Loretta Clements 870-420-3156
HOT SPRINGS – Central Ave at Reserve St, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.; Karen Kirchner 501-922-4166
LITTLE ROCK – Chenal Pkwy at Bowman Rd, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.; Theo Wahlgreen 501-944-7069 and Marsha Boss 501-960-5051
MARSHALL / SEARCY COUNTY – N Hwy 65 at Medic Care Pharmacy, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.; Buck Mays 870-504-0341
MOUNTAIN HOME / BAXTER COUNTY – College St at Hwy 62, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.; Kathleen Priborsky 870-492-5064 Pics 2015
PARIS – Hwy 22 (Walnut St) at Hwy 309 (Elm St), 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.; Barbara Durkee 479-847-5535
POCAHONTAS – Hwy 67 N at Broadway St, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.; Judy Wurtz 870-892-3598
ROGERS – 3737 W Walnut at Boozman-Hof Eye Clinic lot, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.; Jerry Morrow 479-366-8252 Benton County Right to Life
SALEM – Town Square, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.; Joe & Rita Cotham 870-847-0116
SILOAM SPRINGS – 2100 Hwy 412 East in front of 2B’s Auto Sales, 1:45 to 3:00 p.m.; Kristie Morgan 479-524-0272 Benton County Right to Life
SPRINGDALE – Hwy 412 at West End, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.; David Bordovsky 479-750-7878
VALLEY SPRINGS – Hwy 65, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.; Eileen Moore 870-743-2038
YELLVILLE- 62/412 Hwy at the Square, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.; Chuck Decker 870-427-5546
Vote With Your Remote
It’s important to remember the entertainment that Hollywood and others produce often is driven by demand — a fact underscored by a surprising announcement from Netflix last July.
Netflix has faced a lot of criticism in recent months for twisting the classic story Anne of Green Gables into a celebration of homosexuality and its decision to continue streaming the series 13 Reasons Why.
As you may be aware, the bleak worldview and graphic depiction of teen suicide in 13 Reasons Why has been linked to a number of suicides in real life — a phenomenon experts call “suicide contagion.”
Netflix took a lot of flak for continuing to run the show, but CEO Reed Hastings defended the decision last June, telling shareholders, “13 Reasons Why has been enormously popular and successful. It’s engaging content. It is controversial. But nobody has to watch it.”
In other words, the show’s content doesn’t matter. As long as 13 Reasons Why is popular and profitable, Netflix will stream it.
However, if consumers demand more appropriate entertainment, Netflix and other companies might be willing to deliver it.
Our friends at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview have released a short commentary highlighting this point. John Stonestreet writes,
Netflix has been on a roll lately when it comes to offending families—and decency. From the dangerous series “13 Reasons” about teen suicide, to comedienne Michelle Wolf’s vile “salute to abortion,” to its turning the classic Anne of Green Gables books into an LGBT celebration.
So far, in the face of criticism, Netflix has remained publicly defiant.
That’s why it is a bit of a surprise when they recently announced a new focus on building a “robust slate of family-friendly programming.”
Stonestreet and others point out that Netflix may finally be realizing that there are still a lot of people in America who want wholesome, family-friendly programming.
All of this underscores the fact that when it comes to entertainment, we still have the power to “vote with our remotes” by carefully choosing which shows and movies we will and will not watch.
You can read or listen to John Stonestreet’s entire commentary here.
Photo Credit: Brian Cantoni (https://www.flickr.com/photos/cantoni/10715878456) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons