{"id":6106,"date":"2018-02-23T10:21:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T16:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tampaseo.expert\/focus\/?p=6106"},"modified":"2018-02-23T10:21:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T16:21:00","slug":"the-family-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tampaseo.expert\/focus\/2018\/02\/23\/the-family-business\/","title":{"rendered":"The Family Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Paula Harrington\u00a0<\/strong>
\nSummertime brings Vacation Bible School, church camp, mission trips, work camp, as well as the Summer Youth Series. And for my family, it also brings movies.\u202f\u00a0<\/span>
\nSixty years ago my husband\u2019s grandparents built a drive-in movie theater off a dusty state highway in a small Western Kentucky town. When Granddaddy passed away in the\u00a0\u201880s and Granny decided to retire, our family drive-in was operated by an uncle and later my father-in-law. And for the past two years, my husband has been the manager. It was the first job for nearly everyone in our family including our five children.\u00a0<\/span>
\nIn the glory days of the drive-in, over 4000 sprinkled our country. Sixty years later, there are less than 400 in the entire nation,\u00a0and due to the industry\u2019s move to the digital format,\u00a0this past year many more theaters are closing their doors.\u00a0<\/span>
\nOurs recently took the giant leap and moved into the digital domain, opening greater possibilities for our business and more entertainment options for our customers. But being in the movie business is no easy task for Christians.\u00a0<\/span>
\nWe enjoy those late summer nights serving customers and visiting with friends,\u00a0but there have been moments when we\u2019ve worried that our family business may interfere with His family business. Are we where God wants us to be? Is being in a working relationship with Hollywood the right place for people of God? Deep questions have filled our hearts and we have occasionally pondered this venture.\u00a0<\/span>
\nWith the drama, violence, and sexual content that saturate\u00a0so many movies, we carefully strive to offer only family-oriented films. But yes, there have been times where we have felt the pangs of guilt for showing a movie that was not what we thought it was only to send it back to our film distributor early.\u00a0The world\u2019s view of entertainment seldom aligns with what we would perceive quality entertainment to be,\u00a0and we are well aware of our responsibility to the adults and children in our community.\u202f\u00a0<\/span>
\nThroughout the Bible we\u2019re encouraged to walk the walk and talk the talk and to do it for\u00a0Jesus regardless of what profession we may find ourselves in and that includes the movie industry, as well.\u00a0It\u2019s possible. Not easy, but possible.\u00a0<\/span>
\nAs long as we can choose movies that are family friendly and refuse to show\u00a0R-rated\u00a0\u00a0films,\u00a0we will continue to glorify God in all that we do even if it means carrying on a family tradition that includes watching movies under the stars with some of our favorite people.\u00a0<\/span>
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\nPaula Harrington and her family worship with the Calvert City, KY church of Christ.\u00a0She is a columnist for\u00a0Forthright.net<\/a>\u00a0and author and compiler of\u00a0Once Upon a Bible Class<\/i>,\u00a0A Common Bond<\/i>, and\u00a0A Sunday Afternoon with the Preachers\u2019 Wives<\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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