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A new, faith-driven family drama is examining the relationship between faith and marriage, especially when that marriage is tested.
“Love is a choice,” Cassidy Gifford, who stars in the new show, “The Baxters,” said of what she hopes viewers learn. “In any relationship, you are going to have ups and downs, you are going to have trials and tribulations, and you are going to be tested — but, I think, particularly in a marriage.”
“At the end of the day, it is making a choice,” she repeated. “Not even just once a day, but it’s over and over and over again — to choose to love one another and to be faithful to one another and to trust one another and to speak truth to one another.”
Cassidy, together with her mother, television host Kathie Lee Gifford, and actress and producer Roma Downey spoke with Our Sunday Visitor about their roles in “The Baxters” ahead of the March 28 release on Prime Video. The show, based on the “Redemption” book series from bestselling author Karen Kingsbury, follows the Baxter family — Elizabeth (Downey) and John (Ted McGinley) with their five adult children — through the joys and struggles of life. The first season focuses on daughter Kari (Ali Cobrin), who turns to God and her family for help after discovering that her husband is having an affair.
While the first season centers on Kari’s marriage, Downey and the Giffords highlighted the marriage of the Baxter parents as a model for viewers. These couples aren’t examples because they’re perfect; instead, they stand out because they always end up relying on God and each other through the struggle.
“It’s okay that you are going to struggle in that, it’s not easy,” Cassidy wanted viewers to realize. “I think that is very much God’s design, because then you do need to lean on him to make those choices.”
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“Love is a choice,” Cassidy Gifford, who stars in the new show, “The Baxters,” said of what she hopes viewers learn. “In any relationship, you are going to have ups and downs, you are going to have trials and tribulations, and you are going to be tested — but, I think, particularly in a marriage.”
“At the end of the day, it is making a choice,” she repeated. “Not even just once a day, but it’s over and over and over again — to choose to love one another and to be faithful to one another and to trust one another and to speak truth to one another.”
Cassidy, together with her mother, television host Kathie Lee Gifford, and actress and producer Roma Downey spoke with Our Sunday Visitor about their roles in “The Baxters” ahead of the March 28 release on Prime Video. The show, based on the “Redemption” book series from bestselling author Karen Kingsbury, follows the Baxter family — Elizabeth (Downey) and John (Ted McGinley) with their five adult children — through the joys and struggles of life. The first season focuses on daughter Kari (Ali Cobrin), who turns to God and her family for help after discovering that her husband is having an affair.
Marriage from a Christian point of view
The show explores marriage and love from a Christian perspective by presenting a choice. Kari’s husband, Tim (Brandon Hirsch), wants a divorce, and her well-meaning family initially encourages her to also pursue a divorce. For her part, Kari wants to save her marriage. And, even though she falters along the way when encountering an ex-boyfriend, she never stops trying.While the first season centers on Kari’s marriage, Downey and the Giffords highlighted the marriage of the Baxter parents as a model for viewers. These couples aren’t examples because they’re perfect; instead, they stand out because they always end up relying on God and each other through the struggle.
“It’s okay that you are going to struggle in that, it’s not easy,” Cassidy wanted viewers to realize. “I think that is very much God’s design, because then you do need to lean on him to make those choices.”
Looking at marriage and family
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'The Baxters' asks an important question about religion and marriage
A new, faith-driven family drama is examining the relationship between faith and marriage, especially when that marriage is tested.
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