The Light of Heaven’s Promise: Roma Downey & Jenn Gotzon Chandler
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🗓️ 19 April 2018
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Roma Downey and Jenn Gotzon Chandler are both actresses who are committed to shining the light of their faith in Hollywood. In addition to being an actress, Roma Downey is an author and producer. She is probably best known as the star of the iconic television show “Touched By An Angel.” In her newest book, Box of Butterflies, she talks about how important it is to recognize the blessings in front of us each day. She also shares about the special relationship she had with her Touched By An Angel Co-star Della Reese, who passed away last year, and the comfort she has in knowing that we’ll all be together one day in heaven. Jenn Gotzon Chandler aspires to inspire and uplift through the medium of film and storytelling. In her latest movie, “My Daddy Is In Heaven,” she plays the role of a young woman her loses her husband in a tragic accident, and how she comes to terms not only with his passing, but with raising her daughter alone and explaining to her why Daddy isn’t coming home. Her powerful portrayal of this role, and how God gives us the hope of heaven amidst our suffering, gave her strength when she was facing her own personal crisis.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. Today we visit with two women who have let their |
| 0:08.9 | light shine as actresses and women of faith in Hollywood, Roma Downey and Jen Gotson Chandler. |
| 0:15.0 | Roma Downey is back for a second visit to our podcast. |
| 0:19.0 | She is an actress, producer, and author. |
| 0:21.0 | She came to fame as Monica The Angel, a beloved character in the long-running |
| 0:25.6 | hit show, Touched by an Angel. She speaks with us today about her new book, Box of Butterfly's. She also shares about her close relationship with legendary |
| 0:34.7 | touched by an angel co-star Delerice who she lost just last year and the |
| 0:39.3 | comforting truth that heaven is our ultimate home. |
| 0:43.0 | Hello I'm Roma Downey and I'm an actress and a producer and an author. |
| 1:07.7 | I'm a wife and a mother. I am a woman of faith. I've had the privilege of being able to combine what I believe with what I do for many years, beginning from my time on touch by an angel, and then working with my own series and the future film, |
| 1:13.0 | Mark, in bringing to The Green The Bible |
| 1:18.0 | with the Bible series and the feature film Son of God. |
| 1:22.0 | We certainly felt the challenge of bringing the Bible to the screen and |
| 1:28.0 | illustrating the amazing stories of our Bible and being able to bring the Gospel right into people's living rooms and into |
| 1:42.3 | their TV screens. |
| 1:44.3 | And I know that many people had shared with us |
| 1:47.0 | that then they were able to go back to their Bible's |
| 1:50.1 | with, you know, with sort of like full color in their imaginations to reading scripture and imagine |
| 2:00.3 | you know characters come to life and I'm here today to share with you a little bit about my story and a little bit about my book and a little bit about my |
| 2:11.0 | brand new book which is called Box of Butterfly. So many years ago |
| 2:18.0 | when I was just 10 years of age my mother unexpectedly died and as a child it was an incredibly traumatic |
| 2:28.4 | I've heard heartbreaking event as you can imagine It was as if the lights had been turned out and all |
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