"That was God closing the door [on further participation in the show]," said Peters. As she left, she prayed, "God, why did I just spend five months of my senior year praying for this when I could have been studying for finals?!"

In a wonderful example of art imitating life, the now-married Peters stars in "Because of Grácia," a film about four high school seniors. The teens' different takes on sexuality transform their lives. Pro-life, pro-chastity arguments get a fair hearing.

"I play Grácia," Peters told Upliftv. "She is a very strong and central character. She is a girl with convictions. But the thing that I love about her is that she really represents her name well."

The film, which will be released in September, won two awards at the 2017 Life Fest Film Festival. It is based on a 2001 play called "G Factor" by author and director Tom Simes. The native of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, was a high school teacher for 27 years and has seen Christian kids becoming increasingly marginalized by secular humanism...

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