Next Sunday (21st Jan) we are continuing our series exploring the messages behind the movies. Every movie tells a story. Movies are the parables of today.
We sit in the cinema or stick in a DVD and let directors, scriptwriters and actors influence our lives. As followers of Jesus, we choose to engage culture, our desire is to see how God’s view of reality fits with the realities we experience on our screens.
Next Sunday we will be watching the movie "Children of men" and chatting about some of the issues in this thought provoking action thriller. At the moment this will be at our house but if you want to come along phone us on 024 7627 8669 and let us know, be aware the venue may change!
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"every movie tells a story..." so true! and because those movies are made by and about people, every movie reveals something about our condition and the relevance of the gospel. at our church i teach a class called, "becoming missional in america" and in one session i show a movie clip and talk about ho watching movies is a great way to practice the art of recognizing a missional God already at work in the lives of people through their stories. it's always fun!
Thanks Jason, so any favourite movies? I'm looking forward to seeing "The pursuit of happyness". Have you seen it and is it any good? "Blood Diamond" and "Babel" look intersting as well.
Vaguely related, from a economic/social/"real world" perspective, is this essay.
A bit long, and definitely scholarly, but it might make for some interesting background reading for the discussion on Sunday... enjoy!
The pursuit of happyness is a great movie - I didn't feel like falling asleep at all in it (unlike most movies I've seen recently), and I wanted it to carry on after it had finished.
Hope it's at the cinema, next wednesday!
I heard Mark Kermode on BBC radio 5live describe Babel as "meretricious balderdash"! Not entirely sure what that means but it sounds bad, apparently it takes 2 hours to say “We are the world, and aren’t we”. May give it a miss.
Are you and Naomi, coming over to se "Children of men" on Sunday?
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