Beth Caulfield thought she knew exactly what the next chapter of her life would look like. In her mid-40s, the mother of two returned to seminary as her children grew older, and she and her husband prepared for a different stage of life when Caulfield discovered she was unexpectedly pregnant. “You don't think that this can happen. You wonder, you know, why it happened,” Caulfield told The Christian Post.
“Especially through a Christian lens, you're thinking, wait, this isn't the story that I thought that God was unfolding.” The experience, including the complicated emotions Caulfield initially felt ashamed to admit, inspired “Conceivable,” her debut feature film exploring pregnancy, faith and trusting God amid unforeseen circumstances. From Hawk Hill Pictures and releasing in theaters Oct.
16, the movie follows Brielle Burns, a 45-year-old minister and mother of two nearly grown children, whose future is upended by an unexpected pregnancy that forces her to confront what she believes about God, her purpose and her family. “Conceivable” stars Jana Lee Hamblin, who also co-directs, alongside Eddie McClintock, Dean Cain, Daniel Roebuck, Wendy Griffith, Camille Joy and Preston Howell. When Caulfield first discovered she was pregnant, she wasn’t overjoyed.
In Christian circles, she said, she was always taught that women should respond to pregnancy with instant happiness, and thus felt guilty about her reaction. “It brought about a reaction in me that I did not expect,” she said. “At the same time, [I] felt very vulnerable in sharing about … how could I not feel complete joy and be ecstatic and have all the concerns that I had?” “Wait a minute, you're a Christian.
You're not supposed to feel that way. Children are a blessing,” she recalled thinking.