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\"Miriam
Miriam’s Big American Adventure included meeting the Flanders family in Tyler, Texas. (Photo courtesy of Wild Pictures)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This has been a big week for our family. Last summer, a 7-member production crew spent three days in our home filming a documentary for the BBC called Miriam’s Big American Adventure<\/a>. The third and final episode — the one we’re in — aired last Wednesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Ian
Here we are with director Ian Deyner and producer Nicola Comber.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Mark
Cameraman Mark North and sound-man Jon Gilbert stayed very busy behind the scenes during our three days of filming.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Our 12 Minutes of Fame<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The show is hosted by Miriam Margolyes<\/a>. Miriam’s adoring fans in England consider her a national treasure. But Americans know her better as Professor Sprout of Harry Potter fame. Although the Miriams’s Big American Adventure isn’t available in the US yet, we’ve heard good things from friends in the UK who have watched it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025 UPDATE: You can now view our 12-minute segment of this 3-part documentary below (or by following this <\/a>link<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Miriam's
Miriam Margolyes with the Flanders family. (Photo courtesy of Wild Pictures<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

“I must confess I feel a little nervous about the show coming out, too.” I confided in Miriam a couple of weeks ago. “Not because I\u2019m afraid of being made to look foolish or fear that people won\u2019t like or agree with me. Those things don\u2019t really matter in the grand scheme of things. But I desperately want to be presented in a way that does not dishonor God.”<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Miriam

Miriam claims she doesn’t know how to talk to children, but she made fast friends with all our kids and grandkids. (Photo courtesy of Wild Pictures<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Our Highest Calling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I went on to explain that God commands us to speak the TRUTH in LOVE, which is what our family earnestly strives to do. If this film edits out the LOVE, we’ll appear legalistic and self-righteous. We might even give the impression we think it’s possible to \u201cearn\u201d one’s way to heaven through good works (it isn’t). On the other hand, if the show edits out the TRUTH, then our testimony will be rendered completely meaningless, stripped of that marvelous power of God that changes hearts and transforms lives<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Either of those options would be tragic. Because neither would convey the good news that “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.”<\/em> (John 3:16<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Miriam
Miriam Margolyes and Jennifer Flanders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

For that is our story, in a nutshell. If that foundational belief does not somehow make it into our 12-minute segment of Miriam’s Great American Adventure<\/a>, the producers will have failed to capture the thing that really makes us tick. The story behind the story of why we do everything else we do upon this earth. The hand-painted reminder on our wall and the overarching purpose of our life: \u201cFor whether then you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all for the glory of God.”<\/em> (1 Corinthians 10:31<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n

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Our goal: to do everything we do to the glory of God. (Photo courtesy of Wild Pictures<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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