Producers play the Jesus card

MORGADO portrayed Jesus in Christopher Spencer’s “Son of God.”

IS THE glass half-empty or half-full? This year, more than the usual number of producers are launching religious TV-film ventures, in the “holy hope” that there’s a big enough audience out there for spiritual dramas. In the past, they would have been dismissed as “poison” at the box office, but the situation has markedly improved.

Even as some observers bemoan a global loss of faith and increased reliance on science, others point out that the opposite is true in other areas, with more believers being “born-again.” They realize that the world’s problems have become so overwhelming that divine help and illumination are sorely needed to see us through!

Having written and directed many religious plays and musicals that have been performed to full houses all over the country, we can vouch for this heightened religious ferment and fervor. So, we agree with producers like Mark and Roma Burnett, who have come up with the hit miniseries, “The Bible” and the feature film, “Son of God,” that more viewers are eager to watch meaningful and enlightening religious productions, especially in these “bleak and hopeless” times.

In addition to their best-known productions, the Burnetts have produced “The Women of the Bible” for the Lifetime channel and “The Dovekeepers” for CBS, as well as “A.D. The Bible Continues.”

Their latest series, “Answered Prayers,” was telecast on TLC in

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