{"id":3688,"date":"2011-09-29T22:35:34","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T05:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thepangeablog\/?p=3688"},"modified":"2011-09-29T22:35:34","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T05:35:34","slug":"rob-bell-to-co-write-produce-a-series-for-abc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thepangeablog\/2011\/09\/29\/rob-bell-to-co-write-produce-a-series-for-abc\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Bell to Co-Write \/ Produce a Series for ABC"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Rob Bell\" src=\"https:\/\/pangeablog.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/03\/rob-bell-gods-not-angry-1884221622_df66f249e2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"387\"><\/p>\n<p>I came across this story just now on Twitter \u2013 HT: <a href=\"http:\/\/theyoungwidowsrant.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Steph Olson<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><a title=\"ABC Buys Spiritual Drama From \u2018Lost\u2019 Exec Producer Carlton Cuse And Pastor Rob Bell\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deadline.com\/2011\/09\/abc-buys-spiritual-drama-from-lost-exec-producer-carlton-cuse-and-pastor-rob-bell\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">ABC Buys Spiritual Drama From \u2018Lost\u2019 Exec Producer Carlton Cuse And Pastor Rob Bell<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Carlton Cuse has teamed with author\/pastor Rob Bell for <em>Stronger<\/em>, a drama project with spiritual overtones, which has been sold to ABC via ABC Studios in a hefty script deal. <em>Stronger<\/em>, which the former <em>Lost<\/em> co-showrunner and the founder of Michigan\u2019s Mars Hill Bible Church are  co-writing and executive producing, revolves around Tom Stronger, a  musician and teacher, and his spiritual journey as he becomes a  benefactor and guide to others. <!--more-->Music is expected to be a big part of  the show, which features autobiographical elements as Bell is a former  musician and played with rock\/gospel bands in the 1990s\u2026\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadline.com\/2011\/09\/abc-buys-spiritual-drama-from-lost-exec-producer-carlton-cuse-and-pastor-rob-bell\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read the rest of this article<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kurt\u2019s Thought: Good for Rob.\u00a0 One of many ways to make an impact in our world!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I came across this story just now on Twitter \u2013 HT: Steph Olson: ABC Buys Spiritual Drama From \u2018Lost\u2019 Exec Producer Carlton Cuse And Pastor Rob Bell 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rob-bell"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - 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