Christmas Outreach Ideas
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…for outreach! In spite of the frantic shopping, party hopping and present wrapping, people are primed by the holiday to seek meaning and significance. So, give them what they’re looking for! Christmas provides
Frozen – Quotes
Elsa: Go back to sleep. Anna: I can’t! The sun’s awake, so I’m awake and I have to play! Troll: You are lucky it wasn’t he heart. The heart can be tough to change. But…the mind can be tough to persuade. Troll: Fear
Frozen – Movie Discussion
It’s a movie about sisters, about real love, about fear, about hiding and suppressing who we are, about conformity and honesty… tied together with a hilarious snowman named Olaf… and it’s fantastic! Just fantastic. About half way through the movie,
When Parents Fail
Since I’ve been home I’ve been trying hard to mend my relationship with my mother. Asking her to do things for me instead of brushing aside any offer of help, as I did for years out of anger. Letting her
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Movie Discussion
We took the students in our youth group to see Catching Fire. Afterwards, we all went to out for coffee and a chat about the movie. We simply asked them what connections they saw between Catching Fire and the Christian
Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Quotes
Not only are we in the districts forced to remember the iron grip of the Capitol’s power each year, we are forced to celebrate it. And this year, I am one of the stars of the show. I will have
The Power of Remembrance – David, Saul and Goliath
Most of us know the story. Even if you didn’t grow up in a church or around Christians, chances are you’ve heard of David and Goliath. It’s a perennial favorite; the story of a little guy overcoming a humongous obstacle.
Catching Fire: Who is it for?
Prim…Rue…aren’t they the very reason I have to try to fight? Because what has been done to them is so wrong, so beyond justification, so evil that there is no choice? … This is the thing to remember when fear
The Christmas Candle-Movie Discussion
These movie discussions are intended to help you connect your Christian faith to the modern world by: 1. Helping you learn to see echoes of redemptive truth all around you. 2. Challenging you to help other Christians see that their relationship with Jesus cannot be confined to
The Christmas Candle – Quotes
Click here to read SPM's The Christmas Candle Movie Discussion. Light this, and pray. In a world illuminated by modern marvels, who needs the light of a simple candle? David Richmond: This is my pulpit now: soup, soap and salvation. Lady Camdon: Any able-bodied
Ender’s Game – Quotes
Click here to read our discussion of Ender’s Game. A. E. Wiggin: When I understand my enemy well enough to defeat him, in that moment I also love him. Col . Graff: Raised on war games, their decisions are intuitive. Col. Graff:
Ender’s Game: Movie Discussion
[box_dark] These movie discussions are intended to help you connect your Christian faith to the modern world by: 1. Helping you learn to see echoes of redemptive truth all around you. 2. Challenging you to help other Christians see that their relationship with Jesus cannot be confined to
Thor: The Dark World – Quotes
Click here to read our Thor: The Dark World movie discusson. Narrator: Long before the birth of light, there was darkness. [The Aether’s] power is too great [to destroy it]… Bury it deep so no one will ever find it. Odin: We’re not
Thor: The Dark World – Movie Discussion
[box_dark] These movie discussions are intended to help you connect your Christian faith to the modern world by: 1. Helping you learn to see echoes of redemptive truth all around you. 2. Challenging you to help other Christians see that their relationship with Jesus cannot be confined to
The Fifth Estate – Quotes
Click here to read Shepherd Projects Fifth Estate Movie Discussion. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. For better or worse, [Wikileaks] exposed some of the world’s biggest secrets. The report we leaked shifted voting 10% in the recent election. Julian