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In recent months, I have spent a lot of time meditating on and praying about the meaning and the mystery of life. None of us asked to be born or created, yet with every fiber of our being, we want to live. And most of us have a strong desire to reproduce as well – to bring children into the world. But why? Why are we here? What is our purpose? And why are we so eager to bring the next generation into this fallen world? To what end?

I try to see as many little movies as I can, because you never know when you’ll make a discovery. Usually, I feel like I’ve wasted my time but whenever I find a unique film, it enriches my life. End of the Spear is one of those films.

http://www.everytribe.com/Movies/EndOfTheSpear.aspx

Documenting forgiveness Steve Saint stands alongside Mincaye, one of the Waodani Indians featured in a new documentary on the murder of Saint’s father, missionary Nate Saint, and four other missionaries in 1956 in Ecuador. Photo courtesy of Every Tribe Entertainment DALLAS (BP)--The Waodani Indians of Ecuador were killing six of every 10 of their tribesmen when American missionaries entered their isolated community in January 1956. Anthropologists say the tribe, identified then as the Aucas, had one of the most violent cultures ever documented and was headed toward extinction. Missionary pilot Nate Saint had located the tribe in circling the Amazon...