{"id":30572,"date":"2022-07-19T21:14:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T01:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=30572"},"modified":"2022-07-19T21:26:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T01:26:14","slug":"monday-morning-moment-the-chosen-a-tv-series-and-generation-z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=30572","title":{"rendered":"Monday Morning Moment &#8211; &#8220;The Chosen&#8221; &#8211; Jesus and Generation Z"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7052.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30573\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7052.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1334\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7052.jpg 1334w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7052-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7052-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7052-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\" \/><\/a>Screenshot from <span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f7_73W0gJuQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>&#8220;Unfiltered: Gen-Z Reacts to The Chosen&#8221;<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watch.angelstudios.com\/thechosen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Chosen<\/em><\/a> is an online TV series created and directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=199124504481322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dallas Jenkins<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DallasJenkinsOfficial\/videos\/199124504481322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement of faith<\/a> posted by Jenkins includes the following: \u201c<em>The Chosen<\/em> is a narrative show, which means it\u2019s not a documentary\u2026it\u2019s absolutely not a replacement for Scripture. It is not focused on religious tradition, but on Jesus. It\u2019s a show\u2026but it\u2019s a high calling for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Jenkins and &#8220;The Chosen&#8221; production team developed a film project entitled <span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f7_73W0gJuQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>&#8220;Unfiltered: Gen-Z Reacts to The Chosen&#8221;<\/em><\/a>. It is a documentary where 9 strangers of Gen Z age were brought together to binge-watch &#8220;The Chosen&#8221; Season 1. They did not know what they would be watching. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f7_73W0gJuQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documentary<\/a> was just posted this week. It is below (starting 32 minutes in). You will love it!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The global premiere of &quot;Unfiltered: Gen-Z Reacts to The Chosen&quot;\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f7_73W0gJuQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aecf.org\/blog\/what-are-the-core-characteristics-of-generation-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gen Z&#8217;ers<\/a> (young people born after 1995) were really lovely. Different religious backgrounds. Very different social and family situations. More trauma and isolation than I would have imagined. Hard. Yet here they are grown, bright, their own people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7055.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30576\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7055.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1334\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7055.png 1334w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7055-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7055-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7055-1024x576.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\" \/><\/a>Screenshot from <span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f7_73W0gJuQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>&#8220;Unfiltered: Gen-Z Reacts to The Chosen&#8221;<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Binge-watching <em>&#8220;The Chosen&#8221;<\/em>. Their perspectives were fascinating &#8211; starting out, watching, and then processing afterward.<\/p>\n<p>A little bit about &#8220;The Chosen&#8221; (from <a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=28041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a previous blog<\/a> I wrote):<\/p>\n<p><em>I love the stories. They are reflective of Jesus and those closest to Him. They are plausible given what we know of Jesus in Scripture and what we know of the whole counsel of God in the Bible.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I have so many favorite scenes in this production (Season 1 and Season 2 also, and coming soon Season 3). One of the scenes is when Jesus calls Matthew as a disciple. Matthew\u2026a Jewish tax collector \u2013 under the protection of the Romans \u2013 hated by his fellow Jews for the hardships he brings on them. In this treatment of this real person, Matthew is shown as one who could be on the Autism spectrum\u2026brilliant and different. Watch the scene <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7IUL9yq0We8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7IUL9yq0We8?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Jesus\u2019 line, <strong>\u201cGet used to different\u201d<\/strong>, although extra-Biblical, is so in character with the person of Christ. Winsome, loving, and right.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/BLog-Binge-Jesus-The-Chosen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28049\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/BLog-Binge-Jesus-The-Chosen.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2959px) 100vw, 2959px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/BLog-Binge-Jesus-The-Chosen.jpg 2959w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/BLog-Binge-Jesus-The-Chosen-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/BLog-Binge-Jesus-The-Chosen-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/BLog-Binge-Jesus-The-Chosen-1024x769.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"\" width=\"2959\" height=\"2223\" \/><\/a>Merch from <a href=\"https:\/\/thechosengifts.com\/collections\/apparel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Chosen Gifts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=28041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Worship Wednesday &#8211; Trouble &#8211; From The Chosen<\/em> &#8211; Deb Mills<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So what happens when a group of young people, very different from each other, watch this TV series?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7057.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30577\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7057.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1334\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7057.png 1334w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7057-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7057-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7057-1024x576.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7058.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30578\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7058.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1334\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7058.png 1334w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7058-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7058-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7058-1024x576.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7054.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30575\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7054.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1334\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7054.png 1334w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7054-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7054-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7054-1024x576.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7061.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30580\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7061.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7061.png 640w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7061-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7063.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30582\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7063.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7063.png 640w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7063-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7067.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30586\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7067.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7067.png 640w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7067-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7060.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30579\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7060.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1334\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7060.png 1334w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7060-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7060-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7060-1024x576.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\" \/><\/a>Screenshots from <span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f7_73W0gJuQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>&#8220;Unfiltered: Gen-Z Reacts to The Chosen&#8221;<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I appreciated their take on <em>&#8220;The Chosen&#8221;<\/em>. Thoughtful, analytical, emotional, and open. No arrogance or judging. They considered the stories and the message. Did they all convert to people who follow Jesus? I don&#8217;t think so and it isn&#8217;t fully disclosed in the documentary &#8230;and&#8230;that certainly did not seem like the producers&#8217; ploy.<\/p>\n<p>What did happen for these Gen Z&#8217;ers is that they saw Jesus differently. Hopefully more accurately&#8230; They left the room changed.<a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7070.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30588\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7070.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7070.png 640w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7070-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Screenshot from <span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f7_73W0gJuQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>&#8220;Unfiltered: Gen-Z Reacts to The Chosen&#8221;<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This documentary was just really good. I wish I could say to each one, thanks for being willing to risk being a part of that project. Their vulnerability was something we could all benefit from.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder if they watched Season 2 of <em>The Chosen<\/em> on their own. I&#8217;m certainly looking forward to Season 3. In a world as cynical and jaded as ours, to be immersed in the place and community of Jesus is a great refreshing of the soul. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0745751\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Roumie<\/a>, who plays Jesus, is an actor, of course&#8230;but his portrayal of Jesus is brilliant and true to the heart of Christ.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t seen<em> The Chosen<\/em> yet, it is free to you, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCBXOFnNTULFaAnj24PAeblg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thechosenapp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the app<\/a>. Catch up&#8230;you&#8217;ll be glad you did.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7115.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30590\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3398\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7115.jpg 3398w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7115-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7115-768x683.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_7115-1024x911.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3398px) 100vw, 3398px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screenshot from &#8220;Unfiltered: Gen-Z Reacts to The Chosen&#8221; The Chosen is an online TV series created and directed by Dallas Jenkins. The statement of faith posted by Jenkins includes the following: \u201cThe Chosen is a narrative show, which means it\u2019s not a documentary\u2026it\u2019s absolutely not a replacement for Scripture. It is not focused on religious &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=30572\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday Morning Moment &#8211; &#8220;The Chosen&#8221; &#8211; Jesus and Generation Z<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3121,926,1628,2126,1705,1148,183,7027,2307,808,1265,50,1435,18,1262,317,795,2611,1348,888,1450,353,761,789,887,1001,1002,4159,32],"tags":[3575,9309,7419,7478,1835,10195,1459,1458,6376],"class_list":["post-30572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts","category-attending-or-focus","category-character","category-community","category-conversations","category-critical-thinking","category-culture-religion","category-decision-making","category-emotions","category-film","category-friends","category-god","category-growing-up","category-jesus","category-kindness-of-strangers","category-lessons-learned","category-love-2","category-love-your-neighbor","category-marginalized-people","category-memories","category-monday-morning","category-monday-morning-moment","category-redeeming-restoring","category-relationships","category-remembering","category-stories","category-transformational","category-trauma","category-walk-with-god","tag-binge-watching","tag-dallas-jenkins","tag-gen-z","tag-generation-z","tag-jesus","tag-jonathan-roumie","tag-monday-morning","tag-monday-morning-moment","tag-the-chosen"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pauPAB-7X6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30572"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30596,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30572\/revisions\/30596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}