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...years of reading about UFOs, says Trumbull, audiences have "a very abstract, mind's-eye view of what they expect to see in a flying saucer. It's a very religious kind of thing. For a film maker, it's like trying to show Jesus Christ or God. It's very hard to meet people's expectations...
...breath from the black lung, let alone sleep, his father-in-law tells, him, "Just a little miner's asthma. Had it all my life," advises him to sleep with an axe-handle under his arms, and rocks contentedly beneath the pictures that line his mantle--Jesus Christ, the Kennedy brothers, and John L. Lewis...
...understand their children's new lives, nor why their children no longer view them as real Christians. Although in the short run the disapproval and sinfulness of those you love is enormously frustrating, in the long run Christians aren't worried, because, as Donovan puts it, Christ has already triumphed...
...ministry, something he never did before, because he says God has provided certain signs that he might be right for that calling. Fletcher jokingly says, "I'm going to become a Christian bum," but adds seriously it may be best to be in a position to speak for Christ in some career other than the ministry. He points to the great impact Sam Ervin had when he quoted scripture during the Watergate hearings...
...Christians get together on those Friday nights in the Lutheran church, they act much as any other undergraduate organization does. They sing, and talk with friends, and prepare to go on to parties afterwards. But they are there for the most important part of their lives--the service of Christ, Duff says, "Being a Christian means my own comfort or fun or even safety is not the greatest priority in my life. Christ literally gave up his whole life for us. I think we cannot follow Christ and rule out the possibility of giving up our lives...