Dear Friends,
I’m so excited and eager for you to see
The Wandering Day! We will start shipping on September 15! You can pre-order on the LLT website:
www.lltproductions.org
The Wandering Day is set in an era of international upheaval. The first World War was over and the League of Nations was doing its best to stave off new hostilities. The Great Depression had begun, plunging the industrial world into an economic crisis.
In the face of political and economic turbulence there was a desperate hope for a new world order – for unity among nations and progress toward prosperity for all. There were some social reformers who believed that a single universal calendar would help to bring harmony among the diverse cultures of the world. The idea of Calendar Reform attracted so much interest that the League of Nations appointed a Special Committee of Enquiry and the matter was put on its agenda.
It seemed like a good idea, on the face of it. But the Calendar Reform movement posed the 20th century’s greatest international threat to Sabbath observance. And it struck at the foundational principles of freedom of conscience, minority rights, and Religious Liberty.
That’s why
The Wandering Day is such an important documentary!
The topic of Religious Liberty has always fascinated me. History uncovers amazing and heartrending stories associated with freedom of conscience, or the lack of it. But our day also has its stories, and we ourselves may witness events as disturbing and alarming as those of the past.
Think about Russia - all proselytizing is outlawed! Even in the privacy of one’s own home!
What about here in America - business owners are forced to provide services against their religious convictions! A Christian coach is fired for praying in a public school while a Buddhist coach is allowed to chant!
The spirit that drove the secular-minded social reformers of 85 years ago is alive and well today. It no longer seems so far-fetched to imagine laws condemning particular religious practices or promoting particular religious ideas and beliefs. Even here in “free” America, basic principles of personal liberty are in question. There are even now legal impediments to the free exercise of faith and moral values in public life. We can no longer take our liberty for granted!
One thing we can be sure of: We must work while the doors of opportunity are still open. Our challenge here at LLT is to labor in the field the Lord has assigned to us. We must clearly address end-time issues by means of the visual media.
In Christ,
Pat Arrabito