He’s taken under the wing of local garage owner Joe (veteran character actor Gary Grubbs, stealing the film), who counsels him to (metaphor alert!) slow down on the curves.Īmber, distracted by her financial problems and still mourning the death of her husband, is initially resistant to Cody’s overtures. Walker, suitably stubbled), a NASCAR driver who has been sent to the town to do community service as some sort of penance for being too reckless on the track. On the plus side, Amber’s best friends from church (Robin Givens, Jordin Sparks) occasionally show up at her home with a platter of ziti.Ī possible romantic interest for Amber arrives in the form of Cody Jackson (Andrew W. Her overbearing mother-in-law (Kim Delaney) seems less interested in helping than in seizing custody of Amber’s daughter, Bree (Makenzie Moss). Facing foreclosure on her house, Amber is at the end of her rope, borrowing money at usurious interest rates from a local pawnshop and selling off pieces of furniture and her wedding ring. Its title inspired by the Rascal Flatts song, the film centers on Amber (an appealing Lindsay Pulsipher), a single mom living in a small Kentucky town and struggling to make ends meet as a waitress after her husband was killed serving in Afghanistan. ![]() The only thing missing from God Bless the Broken Road is compelling or believable drama. It’s a wonder the film didn’t sneak apple pie in somewhere. Patriotism and the highest regard for military service: Check. ![]() By the way, building community this deep requires that you get off social media, look up from your phone and have actual human contact! Just sayin’….The latest effort from faith-based filmmaker Harold Cronk ( God’s Not Dead, God’s Not Dead 2) seems designed by a computer program to touch every American heartland base. Needing to be loved and cared for is not a sign of weakness, it’s the way we humans need to relate to one another to build real and lasting communities. It’s at that moment when her life starts to really find hope and redemption. Amber eventually hits bottom in order to find this out and finally surrenders. But here’s the secret… people love you and want to help you and be there for you. It takes a lot of courage to be vulnerable and ask for help. We see this in GBBR in the character of Amber, who lost her husband in Afghanistan. On the flip side, if you are traveling a broken road it can be difficult to let people into your pain. Sometimes the very best thing is to just to take a moment from your day to pause, listen, and lend a hug or word of encouragement. You don’t have to be a professional counselor or therapist to help someone heal from a wounding. The feel that no one understands or cares what they are going through. Mother Theresa said the greatest poverty we have today is the poverty of loneliness because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. I think so many people suffer from depression and suicide because they think they are alone. This can make a huge difference when we are going through trying times. God has given us friends and family to lean for support and encouragement. We don’t have to travel our broken roads alone. When we turn to Him and humble ourselves, He can start to guide us and shape our brokenness into blessing. One of the keys to healing and hope on our broken roads are to turn our gaze to Him so that we can start to recognize Him along the path. He is always there and He is always providing us with amazing blessings, even when/if we don’t acknowledge them. What do you hope your viewers and readers take away from this story?įirst, that God is always with us, even if we don’t feel like He is or aren’t seeking Him actively. Within two weeks my agent had procured a couple contracts. ![]() So my agent put a pitch together and while we were filming I quickly wrote the first three chapters. In the spring of 2016 Harold shot God Bless the Broken Road in Manistee, Michigan.Ī few months earlier, as we finished the script version, I talked with the producers about penning a novel version. Over the course of the next year we refined it while the producers rallied the funds. We finished the first draft of the script on Christmas Eve, 2014. And then he asked if I wanted to write it with him. He pitched me the seed of the idea and asked what I thought? I said I thought it sounded like a solid story. My friend and director, Harold Cronk, who is best known for the God’s Not Dead movies, called me one fine summer evening. God Bless the Broken Road (GBBR) actually began as a feature film script four years ago. What inspired you to write this film & novel?
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