going Over The Hedge
I went out amongst the throngs of Friday night movie goers to follow Stevie Critics (he's my bro, so I'm obliged) advice to "othercott" The DaVinci Code. Over the Hedge was a most enjoyable film with lots of laugh out loud moments. The main premise was this group of woodland critters who, at the spurring of a racoon, go over the hedge surrounding them into the world of humans. The interactions are hilarious! Bonus was that the theater was PACKED!!! Not so bonus, all of the DVC showings for the night were Sold Out...
Interestingly enough there were a few protestors in front of the theater with big giant signs that read "I LOVE OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. I REJECT THE DAVINCI CODE" I am always intrigued by protestors, I think passion is a good thing and while it may not be my personal style to protest, I have to hope that it encouraged the faith of the people standing on the corner holding their signs. I'm not sure it did much to sway the crowds from seeing the film, but they were there, expressing themselves and I'm all for it.
It's funny, I can see myself a bit in both the protestors as well as the people making fun of them (sadly) but I think I am learning to appreciate both angles. I was reminded in Mercy Now's latest blog that we are supposed to love on people, pure and simple (although it is rarely either). Jesus won the world by His love, not his disapproval. He was honest and saw people for who they were but didn't make them feel like losers for it, rather, made a point of loving them just because that's what He was about. I'm not saying throw away conviction, not at all, embrace it. But to embrace conviction without grace for others is to embrace the ocean without leaving the shore. it's all idealogy and no reality...
go over the hedge, it's much more exciting there...
Interestingly enough there were a few protestors in front of the theater with big giant signs that read "I LOVE OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. I REJECT THE DAVINCI CODE" I am always intrigued by protestors, I think passion is a good thing and while it may not be my personal style to protest, I have to hope that it encouraged the faith of the people standing on the corner holding their signs. I'm not sure it did much to sway the crowds from seeing the film, but they were there, expressing themselves and I'm all for it.
It's funny, I can see myself a bit in both the protestors as well as the people making fun of them (sadly) but I think I am learning to appreciate both angles. I was reminded in Mercy Now's latest blog that we are supposed to love on people, pure and simple (although it is rarely either). Jesus won the world by His love, not his disapproval. He was honest and saw people for who they were but didn't make them feel like losers for it, rather, made a point of loving them just because that's what He was about. I'm not saying throw away conviction, not at all, embrace it. But to embrace conviction without grace for others is to embrace the ocean without leaving the shore. it's all idealogy and no reality...
go over the hedge, it's much more exciting there...
posted by 2 K's are Better Than 1 | 9:25 PM
2 Comments:
i actually liked the book as a novel. what i did not like was dan brown claiming that everything (minus the fictional charactes he invented) was based upon fact. For that, I think all historians, educated people and Christians alike should be aggrevated. But since we are not going to hold in the tide i think this is a cool opportunity to use the "facts" purported by DVC as a means to converse about people's views of God and Jesus.
Islam DVC??? hmmm, well if the cartoons in Northern Europe and the response they garnered are any indication, it would not be pretty...
I say briefly: Best! Useful information. Good job guys.
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