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By presidential proclamation<\/a>, this November was designated\u00a0National Adoption Month. Adoption is an issue very near to the heart of the pro-life movement, and the life enrichment it gives has been reported in such documentary works as The Sidewalk Chronicles<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2015). Demystifying the process of adoption and presenting facts are very important, and so is breaking the generational cycle that devalues life.<\/p>\n

The cultural zeitgeist too often sloppily defines the value and quality of life according to\u00a0convenience. Hence, the words “wanted” and “unwanted” usually appear when pregnancy and abortion are\u00a0discussed.<\/p>\n

We know\u00a0of babies whose life and death, by national law, are hanging in the balance due to\u00a0whether or not they are wanted<\/em>. When their parents reject them from the womb or later, these children then may\u00a0struggle with\u00a0feelings of\u00a0being worthless and unwanted, which is a major theme in the\u00a0Erwin Brothers’ October Baby<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2011) film.<\/p>\n

A movie about adoption released just this year by\u00a0Roundtable Productions doesn’t mention abortion, but it bolsters conversation about nurturing life beginning\u00a0within the home, even\u00a0through the most simple\u00a0of gestures.<\/p>\n

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A scene from Wanted<\/p><\/div>\n

Aptly titled\u00a0Wanted<\/a>, Nathan Jacobson’s award-winning short film tells the story of Luke (a compelling performance by Rusty Martin, Courageous<\/em>), a foster child who is welcomed into a family home right before his eighteenth birthday. Because of his troubled upbringing, Luke feels no one wants him, and he settles for not wanting anyone either, until something gives him a change of heart.<\/p>\n

“He has to want this,” says Luke’s new mother, Rachel (Stacey Bradshaw). It’s a simple line that encompasses every reformation, as far back as when Jesus would query before performing a miracle: Do you want to be made well?\u00a0<\/em>(John 5:6) Healing involves a decision that comes from within. In order to embrace the sanctity of life, our generation has to know it, and then also has to want<\/em> it. The value of life is not rooted in how wanted that life is, but how beautiful it is for someone\u00a0to\u00a0want<\/em> it!<\/p>\n

Wanted<\/em> is\u00a0a tear-jerker with cinematography that moves as gently as the story convicts. Gracing the screen is a sensitive Eliya Hurt (Polycarp<\/em>), alongside a motherly\u00a0Stacey Bradshaw (Providence<\/em>), and a steady Andrew Cheney (Beyond the Mask<\/em>). Composer John Campbell (known for Adventures in Odyssey<\/em>) provides the beautiful soundtrack.<\/p>\n

It’s artwork\u00a0you can’t find a negative thing to say about. Watch it<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By presidential proclamation, this November was designated\u00a0National Adoption Month. Adoption is an issue very near to the heart of the pro-life movement, and the life enrichment it gives has been reported in such documentary works as The Sidewalk Chronicles\u00a0(2015). 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