Novas Scotia - Week 8: Movie Week

 This week I (we) watched four movies; three DVD’s and one at the theater. I can’t remember the last time I watched two movies in a week, never mind four. The movies were: Courageous, The Grace Card, Crazy Heart and The Lorax. The first two were overtly  Christian movies, the other two were obviously not, but each one had a good message to tell.

Courageous showed the significance of the role of a father has in a family’s life and the importance for men to seriously step up to their God given role. The Grace Card portrayed the importance of forgiveness and grace, both the giving and receiving grace to move on from past brokenness and adversity. Crazy Heart told the story of a former country star eking out an existence, depending on on his former stardom in bars and other small-time gigs all the while relying on his choice drink to carry him through. Nothing changes until  disaster strikes and causes him to get serious about addressing his addictions . The Lorax is an adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s book of the same name. This children’s movies has a strong message about the exploitation of our natural resources.  

There is time in my not too distant past that movies were not an acceptable pastime, forbidden if you will, but thankfully those days are behind us. Movies have become an important genre to carry essential messages. Today we have may the same feelings about the internet, Facebook, texting or any other electronic communication whose dark side we may be more familiar with, then its potential good. The question we must ask ourselves is how can we redeemed it for good? How can we use these mediums to build God’s Kingdom – his kingdom of love, joy, grace, forgiveness, etc. ?

Thankfully God sees that potential in each and every person – the overtly Christian and the obviously not – and he desires to redeem each of his children with his grace even though the dark side is often way more prevalent.   Have a blessed Sunday - HJK