Heat – Power and humility
Heat is a cops and robbers movie, but its most famous for the meeting in a diner of cop Vincent and robber Neil. And this is not so much famous …
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Psalm 91 (revisited)
When we find ourselves in the shadows of life,in the places mottled with sadness,the presence of our God is right there with us,his patience never diminished by thenegative influences of …
A Pulp Gospel Tale from Jerusalem
I got word that something was rotten in the back streets of Jerusalem. Something dark going down. And they might need a good man to be hanging around. Well, there …
Marvellous: The best signing
This film tells the wonderful and inspiring true story of Neil Baldwin, who, in spite of being diagnosed with learning difficulties at a young age, dedicated himself to becoming a …
The Best Party
When Jesus told his parable of the feast in Matthew 22, one of the humorous and surprising facets was the excuses folk gave for staying away. No one would ever …
God is
Do not be afraid,God is with you,God is for you,God is bigger,God is stronger,God cares deeply for you.God is loving,God is on your side,God will not let you go,God fights …
The Fall Guy – Thumbs Up?
Colt Seavers gets blown up, smashed through a windscreen, and hurled off a building. But that’s all in a day’s work for him, he’s a stunt man, and one of …
Join In
In my mind, in my imagination,I’m supposed to convert the whole nation,I should change the lives of all I meet,I should bellow good news across my street.I should help everyone …
The Gate
Lord, thank you for opening up the gate to life,Thank you that you ARE the gate to life,and that you invite us to come through youto meet our kind and …
Lost in Translation: Strangers Adrift
Bob, a bored and fading movie star is in Tokyo to shoot a commercial. He is overwhelmed by the difference in culture, and before long befriends Charlotte, a young American …
Big Talk
I can talk about the weather,Talk about the time of year,I could talk of anything,Except my deepest fear. I could talk about the latest score,Talk about the food,But if I …
Dust
He looks at the dust in his workshopthe dust from all he has made for us,he looks at the dust of the desert,as he faces his lonely, wilderness days for …
Jaws & Jonah
One of the most well-known lines from the film Jaws is this one – ‘You’re going to need a bigger boat’. It’s a great line about not having enough resources. …
Home
Jesus was at home with God anywhere.In the turbulence of a storm,in ordinary days of work and rest,in a bustling, heaving crowd of 1000s,alone in the quiet of the rising …
Ourselves
Help us Lord to know ourselves well enough to be ourselves, save us from trying to be someone else, someone unreal, someone that does not fit our skin. Help us …
The Cross
For youFor meFor hopeFor courageFor strengthFor purposeFor forgivenessFor inspirationFor changeFor truthFor realityFor kindnessFor acceptanceFor cleansingFor starting againFor todayFor nowFor always
Leaving
He is doing the unthinkable,the unimaginable.Going away so he can be closer to us,leaving so he can be always here.They see him slipping away from them,and their hearts must have …
The Zone of Interest
This film is set in the house and grounds of the Commandant of Auschwitz, during World War Two. Though the house sits right alongside the camp we never see the …
Take Up
Jesus invites us to take up our crossand follow him,But he also invites us to take up his yoke –His ways of comfort and challenge,His perspective, his rhythms of life, …
With You
With your nature revealed in the work of your hands,With the choice you have made to treasure these lands,With your heart so broken by the worst of this place,The creases …