Donald James Parker

Donald James Parker

Donald James Parker is a native of Madison, South Dakota transplanted into middle Tennessee. He is the CEO of Sword of the Spirit Publishing and has written 19 novels and one non-fiction book. His new focus is screenplays and acting. He hosts the Blogtalk Radio show Wielding the Sword of the Spirit and is a writer for Examiner.com. His favorite pastimes include biking, fishing, and reading. Parker was a four year letter man in tennis at his Alma Mater Dakota State University. Parker retired from a career in computer programming that included stints at the Frank Russell Company, Microsoft, and PACCAR to write and produce movies.

Movies for Donald James Parker...

Pickleball Princess
Title: Pickleball Princess
Character: Thomas
Released: August 4, 2023
Type: Movie
When a lifetime tennis player finds his favorite public venue converted into pickleball courts, his dislike for the upstart sport with plastic balls begins. After being challenged by one of his former tennis buddies, who has never taken a set from him, to try the new sport, he finally consents in order to rebut the claim that he is afraid of losing. That challenge leads to a change in trajectory of his life that sends a ripple effect into society.
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From Pathos to Praise
Title: From Pathos to Praise
Character: Dad
Released: November 4, 2022
Type: Movie
Estranged Daughter (Lori) gets dumped by her deadbeat boyfriend and she ends up homeless. With no place else to go, she asks her father if she can stay with him, until she can get back on her feet. Lori's sister (Julie) is a self righteous do-good looks down on her sister and her struggle with addiction. After a family fight Lori turns to alcohol, but her father won't let her. He helps her find God again and allow her walk with Christ break her addiction.
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Bridging the Chasm
Title: Bridging the Chasm
Character: Darrin
Released: September 3, 2022
Type: Movie
When a doctrinal difference ends the life long friendship of two men, putting them on opposite sides of a chasm in the Body of Christ, one of them perseveres in love during a crisis to attempt to bring unity.
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Hearts Are Trump
Title: Hearts Are Trump
Character: Wade Woods
Released: October 7, 2020
Type: Movie
This is the heartfelt tale of two extended families who, discerning a threat to liberty in America, forge an unbreakable bond in attempting to do their part to preserve the nation they love.
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Best Friends Genetically Modified
Title: Best Friends Genetically Modified
Character: Tony
Released: May 21, 2016
Type: Movie
Jackson's unhealthy eating habits lead to persistent nagging by his lady friend, which triggers Jackson to break off the relationship. Tony picks up the health baton and starts pressuring Jackson to take care of his body, emphasizing to him that the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and that he cannot serve God with all his heart if his heart and other organs are laboring to fight off self induced toxin poisoning. Jackson takes sides in the ongoing battle for the right of people to choose their own medical treatment. He partners up with Tony and Julie to become a champion for those underdogs who fight against Big Pharma and the Monsantos of the world who reap a fortune as they seize power to run the lives of the little people and jeopardize the future of the planet in their attempt to misuse science and political science to usurp God.
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Mission Improbable
Title: Mission Improbable
Character: Jack Gordon
Released: February 27, 2016
Type: Movie
Matthew was born with a silver spoon in his mouth that allows him to obtain his degree in theology from Harvard and land a sweet and lucrative pastoral gig that gives him freedom to recreate to his heart’s content. His new $74,000 Cadillac, which he dubs “White Lightning” is the pride of his considerable possessions. Matthew is also proud of his very upscale church in Tennessee. When God sends him a dream in the night, he has to reconsider his priorities in life. The nocturnal vision leads him to a local faith based drug/alcohol rehab center operated by Mission Teens. While Matthew is trying to determine a road map for his life, two substance abusers in the Heartland are trying to avoid being sent to an obscure community in Tennessee for rehabilitation. Circumstances put both Shane and Susan on the same bus, headed to Davy Crockett country and a rendezvous with a proud young pastor, Cupid, and the Holy Spirit
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Old Rugged Cross
Title: Old Rugged Cross
Character: Pastor Evan Shephard
Released: February 21, 2016
Type: Movie
Pastor Luke Wolfe is a man with a mission: to close down the rest of the churches in town and to build a facility that will be the gem of the community. He also aims to put a wedding ring on the hand of his church's pianist, the most attractive eligible woman in town. His plans hiccup when Pastor Evan Shephard arrives in town and rents the vacant church building formerly known as Old Rugged Cross. Not only does Wolfe have a new rival for the piano player's affection, but also for the hearts of the citizens of the town he desires to dominate, including his own son, the youth pastor of his mega church.
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Best Friends Recycled
Title: Best Friends Recycled
Character: Tony
Released: January 5, 2016
Type: Movie
Tony and Jackson have been best friends since the Vietnam War. When Jackson lines up Tony with an attractive widow, he doesn’t consider that the dynamics of his friendship with Tony could be drastically altered. Just when it looks like Tony might be tying the knot again with a woman with whom he has fallen completely in love, a past mistake rises out of the ashes to jeopardize the mutually exhilarating relationship.
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The Unexpected Bar Mitzvah
Title: The Unexpected Bar Mitzvah
Character: David Maslow
Released: July 26, 2015
Type: Movie
Two twelve-year-old boys become embroiled in a 2000-year-old-war.
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One More Round
Title: One More Round
Character: Donald James Parker
Released: June 2, 2015
Type: Movie
Basically a Christian version of Rocky
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Best Friends Eternally
Title: Best Friends Eternally
Character: Tony
Released: March 13, 2015
Type: Movie
Jackson and Tony have been best friends since the Vietnam War bonded the two men with different worldviews. Tony dutifully informs his best buddy that they can be best friends until death does them part, but until Jackson gets right with God, they can never be best friends eternally. Despite Tony's persistence in preaching the gospel, that friendship thrives in the same fashion between the atheist and the Christian for about forty years, until Madison, Tony's granddaughter, arrives on the scene. While she is busy teaching Jackson about Jesus, her grandfather wanders off the straight and narrow course, compliments of an attractive lady, who despite being several years younger than the retired English professor, professes her love for Tony and lures him into her world.
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Love Waits
Title: Love Waits
Character: Bill Ireland
Released: January 3, 2015
Type: Movie
A small town girl who has just moved to the big city is pressured by peers at school to lose her virginity.
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The Good Book
Title: The Good Book
Character: Church member
Released: July 1, 2014
Type: Movie
A small New Testament passes through the hands of fourteen strangers. For seven of the individuals, their lives will never be the same.
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Gramps Goes to College
Title: Gramps Goes to College
Character: Gramps
Released: June 15, 2014
Type: Movie
Ty Bounds, a workaholic as a computer programmer for 35 years, has retired. No longer forced to work for a living, he seeks how he can spend his time serving God. Following the lead of the Holy Spirit, he returns to college to wage war against secular humanism and to mentor a new generation in truth seeking.
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Right to Believe
Title: Right to Believe
Character: Terry Pissante
Released: February 3, 2014
Type: Movie
Tony Morris (Christopher Hunt) is a local newspaper reporter who is demoted to writing for his paper’s community section after his credibility is falsely called into question. Little does Tony know that his first assignment in his new role presents the biggest challenge of his young career. With his job on the line, Tony is assigned to cover the town’s first Gay Pride Day and interview parade organizer Markus Fry (Timothy Paul Taylor).
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In Gramps' Shoes
Title: In Gramps' Shoes
Character: Gramps
Released: December 17, 2013
Type: Movie
After 20 years of praying for his daughter to let him back into her life, a 65-year-old Ty gets his wish when the prodigal requests his help in dealing with a financial bind and her rebellious teenage son. Ty's first encounter with his grandson, whom the grandfather has never met, leads to a challenge for a two mile race that alters the course of life of the young man as well as the grandfather.