You would not believe what is on television right now. It's pretty outstanding. I am watching the Victory Television Network (VTN), a channel devoted to helping Christians in the Arkansas area "connect" with one another. This is somewhat confusing, because their assumed "connection" equates only to watching certain TV shows at the exact same time, and TVs are not exactly the Internet. This strikes me as a very low standard for what constitutes a "connection." For example, I would hate to consider myself "connected" to everyone in America who happens to watch The Real World/Road Rules Challenge. However, it is not my role to question the logic that drives VTN's promotional slogans; I'm just here to enjoy it's quality programming while stoned.

[In this film] what's interesting are the things Steven is tempted to do; he is not tempted to try drugs, nor is he tempted to have sex, nor is he tempted to get involved with a sect of teenagers dabbling in organized crime...Steven's gut-wrenching crisis -- i.e. the crux of this whole story and the singular issue that's tearing this kid's life to shreds -- is the temptation to not save his adolescent peers from doing all those terrible things....And here's what makes this story more complex: During the film's final 20 minutes, the minister succeeds; Steven realizes that he has to tell his pagan peers the Good News About Jesus. It is his duty as a child of god. And as a result, Steven tries to talk some sense into a local drug dealer and explain that there is a better way to live.

And that drug dealer blows Steven away with a handgun.

And this is how the movie ends.

I'm not gonna lie to you: I did not see this coming.