Pro-Life TV Show Wins Emmy Award
Posted by Danielle Bean in News on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 10:00 AM
(Video is a clip of Facing Life Head On trailer)
I was excited to learn this week that Facing Life Head On, a weekly pro-life television show, was awarded a regional Emmy in the category of Interview and Discussion.
The show, which is a project of the Life Issues Institute, won the award on the strength of an episode in which Mattes interviewed Missy Davert, a woman who is 2 feet 11 inches tall and has a condition called osteogenesis imperfecta.
Davert, whose condition makes her bones exceptionally brittle (she has had over 200 fractures throughout her life), found out eleven years ago that she was pregnant with twins. Doctors advised Davert and her husband that she should abort one or both of the infants due to the many difficulties that her pregnancy would entail – an option that the tiny, but feisty woman was unwilling to consider.
I am grateful to the creative team behind Facing Life Head On for making positive, affirming information available to women facing high risk pregnancies and am thrilled to hear that their work is being officially recognized for its importance and excellence.
In the acceptance speech at the black-tie award ceremony, Brad Mattes thanked God for allowing him to interview guests that have been such an inspiration to his viewers.
“We thank God for this award,” he has said. “The glory goes to HIM. It’s HIS ministry.”
Amen to that.
Print Blog
Email a FriendPost a Comment
By submitting this form, you give Faith And Family Magazine permission to publish this comment. Comments will be published at our discretion, and may be edited for clarity and length. For best formatting, please limit your response to one paragraph and don't hit "enter" to force line breaks.
