A lot of press on the spiritual world has been made of late due to the upcoming release of "The Exorcism of Emily Rose." I have seen numerous specials on people performing exorcisms around the world and debates on the validity of demon possession. Normally I would be overly suspicious of this supposedly true story, but this case is different.

About five years ago I received a call from my pastor on a weekday afternoon that he wanted Lisa and I to come down to the church office immediately. He gave me a few words of instruction and off we went. I had no idea what I was in for.

When we arrived, I saw a lady in the office conference room who I had known and seen every Sunday in church. I was then told that this lady experienced bouts of demon possession and we were to pray for her and try to exercise the demon. I was a little skeptical but a few minutes later I was a believer. All of the sudden as we began to pray the lady's eyes turned red, she stiffened in the chair, and she started cussing us out in a deep, male, voice. She cursed the pastor, told us we had no part in being there and we would not win. He released his name, Pornea (sp?) and said he lived in this lady. We did not succeed in getting the demon out, but I was told we had made some good progress.

So like I said, my worldview on the spiritual world did a one-eighty. It's one thing to read about account of demon possession and exorcism in the Bible or other accounts, it's one thing to see them first-hand. I think I'll take in this movie and see how this event compares to my experience.