I'm working on an August project - using current movies and themes in worship. Rather than take the route of "Is that Christian or not?" I thought I'd take the thought "Is there a spiritual question being asked in the movie?" I think there are.
I'm going to take the summer movie along with the spiritual question and map out how the movie answers that question. But is that the way you've answered that question for your own life? What are some ways you've asked a similar question and how have you answered it for yourself? I'll provide a "script book" that includes each Sunday with guiding questions for people to write the "script of their spiritual journey" around these questions.
My hope? We will discover how God has been alive and evident in our lives and questions. Then recognizing the story God has given us that when friends are struggling with similar questions, we can help by sharing what we've been through.
Here are the summer movies I'm going to use with the real life spiritual questions:
Angels & Demons: Have you ever been suspicious that God is absent from the church? How do you make sense of the church's failings?
Up!: Have you ever given up on a dream? What did you do about it?
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Have you ever felt the pressure of being a hero? How do you cope with that?
Star Trek: Have you ever felt called to go where no man has gone before? How did that play out in your life?
Julie & Julia: Have you ever discovered a great mentor? In what ways did that change your life, hopes, attitudes or goals?













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