The hands and feet of Jesus
worked and walked in New York City.
Watch our Truth in Two to find out why and who! [2 min vid + text]
Dr. Mark Eckel is Executive Director of the Center for Biblical Integration at Liberty University. Support MarkEckel.com (here). Find the MarkEckel.com YouTube Channel (here). Mark is President of The Comenius Institute (website) and interprets culture from a Christian vantage point through Truth in Two videos (here).
Pictures: Josh Collingwood, Snappy Goat, Angel Studios, Cabrini Press | Angel Studios
FULL TEXT
“New York is built upon the dead.” So begins the trailer for the movie Cabrini. The film from Angel Studios is the story of, Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who arrives in New York City in 1889. Her first encounter with the metropolis is disease and death. She takes it upon herself to provide housing and healthcare for the most vulnerable. Overcoming the problems of learning a new language, her own poor health, and the obstinate opposition of New York’s mayor, Cabrini’s work is successful. As she says in the film, “If we are to build an empire of hope, it seems we must first conquer New York.”
Mocked, threatened, and persecuted, Cabrini literally rebuilt a city from the ground up, caring first for those who could not help themselves. I admit that I have a soft spot when it comes to protecting women. But it turns out Cabrini would not have needed my help. When told that she would have made an excellent man because of her entrepreneurial skills, Cabrini replies, “No. Men could never do what we women do.”
The director of Cabrini, Alegandro Monteverde, also directed Sound of Freedom. Find a link to our review of this and other Monteverde projects at the end of this Truth in Two. Monteverde’s directorial life has been committed to stories about protection of the most vulnerable in society, beginning with the unborn. Monteverde reflects what a visitor would find at Angel Studios landing page suggesting the studio’s mission: “stories that amplify light.” As the movie site Fandango suggests “Cabrini uses her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever seen.” Cabrini opened this past weekend. At the time of this writing, the crowd sourced movie had already sold two million tickets. In celebration of Women’s History Month, For the Comenius Institute, this is Dr. Mark Eckel, Executive Director of the Center for Biblical Integration at Liberty University, personally seeking truth wherever it’s found.
LINKS
Bella https://warpandwoof.org/bella/
Sound of Freedom https://markeckel.com/2023/07/17/gods-children/