A Hollywood nod to a Christian film has come as a shock to the entertainment world, as the song “Alone Yet Not Alone” (from the movie by the same name) was nominated for an Oscar.
The song beat out Coldplay, Taylor Swift, and Lana Del Ray to join the other four nominees for best original song: Frozen’s “Let it Go”; U2’s “Ordinary Love” from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom; Pharrell Williams’s “Happy” from Despicable Me 2; and Karen O’s “The Moon Song” from Her.
What’s more surprising, however, may be the person who performed the song in the end credits: Joni Eareckson Tada, quadriplegic Christian author and speaker, and one of CT’s “50 Women You Should Know.”
Wow! Great song. Go watch the video that’s included in the CT article!!
Joni is such an amazing example to us all. I am awed by her faith & joy in spite of all she’s suffered. Her book “A Place of Healing: Wrestling with the Mysteries of Pain & Suffering” is on my top-ten list of best books I’ve ever read…
http://www.amazon.com/Place-Healing-Wrestling-Mysteries-Sovereignty/dp/B004IEA2O8