{"id":9251,"date":"2020-04-15T10:34:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T14:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=9251"},"modified":"2020-04-15T10:34:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T14:34:29","slug":"usa-former-missionary-kids-on-the-good-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=9251","title":{"rendered":"USA: Former Missionary Kids on \u201cThe Good Road\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-9252\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-good-road-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"The good road\" width=\"660\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-good-road-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-good-road-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-good-road-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-good-road.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><em>Up for some armchair travel? Join two \u201cphilanthropologists\u201d with cameras who explore courage and kindness around the world. The Good Road is a new series from a couple of grown-up missionary kids now airing on PBS in the US.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: Baptist News Global, April 6, 2020<\/p>\n<p>A new television series [which premiered] April 6 on PBS promises to introduce viewers to some of the most innovative acts of courage and kindness around the planet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Good Road\u201d is a journey led by philanthropists and adventurers Earl Bridges and Craig Martin who seek out and celebrate individuals whose creative compassion shines in all manner of desperate situations.<\/p>\n<p>A backdrop to the series is their life-long friendship. They first met as students of at the International School of Bangkok.<\/p>\n<p>Their new show was three years in the making and evokes a travel-and-adventure format with its remote, exotic, and sometimes dangerous locations.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/baptistnews.com\/article\/former-missionary-kids-document-creative-compassion-down-the-good-road-on-pbs\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/baptistnews.com\/article\/former-missionary-kids-document-creative-compassion-down-the-good-road-on-pbs\/\">See full story<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodroad.tv\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.goodroad.tv\">The Good Road website<\/a> to learn more, or just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=1937339943064665\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=1937339943064665\">watch the season trailer<\/a>. Note that the series is designed to appeal to secular audiences and avoids evangelical messaging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Up for some armchair travel? Join two \u201cphilanthropologists\u201d with cameras who explore courage and kindness around the world. The Good Road is a new series from a couple of grown-up missionary kids now airing on PBS in the US. Source: Baptist News Global, April 6, 2020 A new television series [which premiered] April 6 on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=9251\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">USA: Former Missionary Kids on \u201cThe Good Road\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9253,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9251\/revisions\/9253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}