Pastor Kent Crockett tells a powerful story in his book, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint.

Years ago Kent and his wife Cindy recorded many of their family highlights using an 8mm home movie camera. Some of you are too young to even know about 8mm film. Others of you took your first home movies with them. They were silent, and the picture wasn't very sharp. But they were sufficient to capture some of the important moments in your life.

Kent and Cindy collected years of precious memories on numerous spools of film, which became antiquated after the invention of video cameras. Some friends living in another state offered to consolidate all of these old films onto one videotape. The Crocketts gladly accepted their generous offer and sent them the films.

Their friends placed an 8mm home mo…