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Images of clear-running streams, dewy spider webs, and pristine, snowcapped mountains mix with quiet scripture readings and a generous dose of the sounds of record label and ministry Maranatha! Music, making for a soothing prescription to recharge the spirit. The unidentified Biblical passages matched with companion nature footage range from the obvious--a bald eagle flies to the passage "those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles"--to the more subtle--a rainbow rises from a cascading waterfall accompanied by "give thanks to the Lord.... Make known among the nations what he has done." This 55-minute tape features two awe-inspiring sequences. In the first, a monarch butterfly emerges from its chrysalis, eventually joining thousands of other monarchs in a beautiful blitz. In the final sequence, the camera begins with an aerial view of the Grand Canyon, quickly veers down until it seems to be skimming along the Colorado River, and then follows a lone kayaker on a rather harrowing ride--all to short bursts of hymns and inspirational readings on the power of faith.
--Kimberly Heinrichs