A message from the series “God in the Movies 2021.” Today, Kristin and Sierra Wurie discuss the movie “Soul.” The clips have been omitted due to copyright laws, so the timestamps for the clips mentioned are below:
Video Clip #1: 0:40 – 5:00
Video Clip #2: 29:48-34:05
Video Clip #3: 51:30-55:24
Video Clip #4: 1:15:49-1:16:49
Video Clip #5: 1:17:50-1:20-50
Ends with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow5H2-PHbqk
A message from the series “God in the Movies 2021.” Today, Jonathan Freeman-Coppadge discusses the movie “The Farewell” The clips have been omitted due to copyright laws, so the timestamps for the clips mentioned are below:
CLIP 1— 4:26–12:45 (Introduction to the characters and to the lie about Nai Nai’s condition. Intro of the moral dilemma about whether to tell her.)
CLIP 2— 44:41–51:27 (going to hospital, Conversation with doctor, and family debate about when to tell Nai Nai.)
CLIP 3— 1:01:12–1:06:28 (Generational conversation about culture values/moral values. Later Billi reveals the personal cost of these cultural choices.)
At the very end, this song from the movie was included: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWvd_PSE9IU
A message from the series “Demo Series.” This is a hybrid service with participants either in-person or on-line. Through a focus on the return of the Israelites from Babylonian exile, we gather together to worship God with our whole selves–through celebration, lament and reflection.
A message from the series “God in the Movies 2021.” Today, Gina Richardson discusses the movie “A Hidden Life.” The clips have been omitted due to copyright laws, so the timestamps for the clips mentioned are below:
(3:30 to 7:51) Franz and Frani are living the life they had dreamed of in a small village in the mountains of Austria, but their idyllic life is interrupted when Franz is drafted and sent to a training camp to fight for the N*zis where he begins to wrestle with the justifications for war and his spiritual beliefs.
(31:38 – 34:58) Franz wrestles with his spiritual beliefs and goes to visit the Bishop to discuss his objections to the war. The Bishop tells him to support the war and Franz finds out later that priests are being threatened if they don’t preach solidarity with war and country.
(59:20 to 1:00:57) Franz questions what God wants from him. After much struggle he follows his conscience decides to enlist.
(1:50:36 – 1:52:24) A lawyer visits Franz in jail to help him get out of fighting, but he would still have to pledge to H*tler, but he keeps to his convictions and refuses
A message from the series “God in the Movies 2021.” Today, Andrew O’Day discusses the movie Groundhog Day. The clips have been omitted due to copyright laws, so the timestamps for the clips mentioned are below:
Clip 1 – 25:18 to 26:50
Clip 2 – 30:27 to 34:40
Clip 3 – 46:07 to 50:18 and 54:34 to 55:26
Clip 4 – 58:33 to 1:00:52
Clip 5 – 1:19:51 to 1:22:30