Salting Hollywood

Can a Christian serve God in the secular film industry? Many are trying, and learning to survive by working together | Gene Edward Veith

Karen Covell, director of the Hollywood Prayer Network—which consists of some 3,500 Christians in the industry who pray for each other and for their non-Christian colleagues—finally got her big break in Hollywood: a job as associate producer on Headliners and Legends with Matt Lauer. She was thrilled. But then came her first assignment: a one-hour profile of Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner.

As a Christian who opposed everything Mr. Hefner stood for, Ms. Covell was appalled. "When I complained to Jim [her husband] about the assignment, he reminded me that working with Hugh Hefner is exactly why we are here. He suggested that we start praying and that I talk to my producer, Rick, to see if we could approach the project from a different perspective."

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