2011-01-06T15:22:06-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/play/ http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/3076 2011-01-06T15:22:06-05:00 The BBC 4-part serial Nativity aired in the week before Christmas to wide acclaim. If it was not screened in your country, doubtless it will available on DVD before long. I am among those who often find screen retellings of Bible stories tedious: identikit long robes from some 1950s costume department, wooden acting that tries to achieve imagined other-worldly religious ambience, all mixed with an overdose of syrup and generalized schmaltz. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%2016:22-23&version=NIV 2009-09-02T17:52:42-05:00 At one point in 1 Samuel, we see that David would often play his harp for King Saul. In fact, David's playing was the only thing that could calm the king.