HARD AS NAILS PREACHER
Jumping up and down, getting hit by chairs and telling girls they are fat
is hardly the image of a Catholic preacher. But for Justin Fatica, a
29-year-old unordained priest and leader of a nonprofit called Hard as
Nails Ministries, that is exactly the point. Fatica targets teens with his
preaching, and his methods of spreading his brand of the Catholic message
have brought him both admiration and criticism. Fatica said he found Christ
at the age of 17, on a Saturday afternoon when he stepped out of
confession. This moment planted the seeds for what he believes is his
mission to grab the attention of young people and spread the Catholic
faith. While he acknowledges that he is "not the smartest tool in the
shed," he believes that he has been chosen to preach Catholicism to young
people in this way.
STOP LOSS
After serving his tour of duty in Iraq, a young American soldier who is
ordered to return to the front lines as part of the military's
controversial stop-loss opts instead to go AWOL in a thought-provoking
military drama directed by Kimberly Peirce. Sgt. Brandon King (Ryan
Philippe) is a decorated Iraq War veteran who once served his country with
pride. After his tour of duty comes to an end, King returns to his Texas
hometown and attempts to pick up where he once left off with a little help
from his family, as well as long-time best friend and war buddy Steve
Shriver (Channing Tatum). But just as Brandon, Steve, and the rest of their
war buddies begin to setle back into civilian life, Uncle Sam comes calling
on them once again. Suddenly ordered back into active duty, the
disillusioned war veteran begins to question not just his ties to family
and his longtime friendships, but his capacity for love and sense of honor
as well.
GMA CONCERT SERIES: COUNTING CROWS
The Counting Crows perform live in our studio
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