New York<\/em>\u2018s Vulture site reports that the show will be loosely based on Bell\u2019s life story as a musician and eventual founder of his church, Mars Hill Bible Church. The show will feature a musician named Tom Stronger who ends up becoming a benefactor and spiritual guide, the site reports. Josef Adalian writes:<\/p>\nWhile based on biblical principles, Bell\u2019s brand of spirituality is not about hard-core evangelical, fire-and-brimstone teachings. Instead, his goal is to service folks\u2019 spiritual needs without the overlay of religious dogma (see also: Oprah).\u00a0Stronger<\/em> is similarly expected to explore spiritual themes but without being as on-the-nose as other recent series that have tackled these issues, such as\u00a07th Heaven<\/em> and Touched by an Angel<\/em>. There\u2019s also expected to be a narrative twist to the project that will make it a bit unconventional, but for now, that detail is being kept secret (this show is from a\u00a0Lost<\/em>-ie after all).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\nAfter an eight-stop tour called \u201cFit to Smash Ice,\u201d Rob and family will be moving to the LA area.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From Nellie Andreeva: Carlton Cuse has teamed with author\/pastor Rob Bell for Stronger, a drama project with spiritual overtones, which has been sold to ABC via ABC Studios in a hefty script deal. Stronger, which the former\u00a0Lost co-showrunner and the founder of Michigan\u2019s Mars Hill Bible Church are co-writing and executive producing, revolves around Tom […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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