I write this from Chicago, Illinois. The First Gen program will be seeing the Joffrey Ballet tonight and the Chicago Museum of Art tomorrow. Great fun, to be sure!
On the way up here, our bus had a television and DVD system. So we voted on the movie to watch. What do you think a group of around 70 college students would choose? "Up!" by Disney/Pixar (rated G). Natural selection, right?
In watching this heart touching film, I realized that all churches, particularly those that have an older congregation, should use this film as required viewing.
The plot is interesting, but it focuses on a widower who is forced to befriend a young boy with an absentee father. This story had so much to say without words about the role of a surrogate grandparent and how a child can re-ignite the life of an elderly person who has very little left to do, but still could be a change agent in the world that he or she lives in.
Maybe our churches could go "Up!" if they took some of the simple points of this movie to heart.
Great thought, Colten! This movie is a good way to make connections between our kids and our older folks. I wonder what would happen in our churches... Interesting dialogue opportunity.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, how was the ballet?