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No news yet on whether I'll be one of the 'lucky ones' to get to keep my low-paying job (with health insurance!) -- in case I forgot to mention it earlier, the company has decided to eliminate two out of six positions at my level, and to do it 'fairly' by making all six of us jump through an apparently endless number of hoops, in order to justify our continued underemployment through test-taking, essay-writing, interviews, etc..
( more on my employer's version of Thunderdome )
So much for my paranoia (justified, or not).
However, I saw a great free preview of a movie this afternoon (thanks to my job -- the invitation was forwarded to my unit, since we work in religious publishing, and I was feeling grumpy enough to RSVP and be willing to work extra hours tomorrow in order to do something different today), the documentary Lord, Save Us From Your Followers: Why is the Gospel of Love dividing America? -- a thought-provoking, CIVIL, and ultimately mutually loving and respectful discussion of faith and values among people who believe in various religions and people who call themselves agnostics or atheists.
To some extent, it's focused mainly on helping Evangelical Christians (the group with which the film's creator and presenter identifies) understand how others may see them (the 'Body of Christ' which has become "Frankenjesus", rampaging around the countryside and stomping on the villagers) and remember that acting like Christ (healing the sick, helping the poor, etc.) and loving people through charitable ACTIONS is far more important than raucous, mean-spirited arguments over 'culture wars' -- a lot of WORDS whose only purpose seems to be to say 'we're right, and you're wrong, so there!'
Any movie made by an intelligent, honest, and very witty Evangelical which lifts up Tony Campolo, Jon Stewart, and Bono as 'prophets' of a more honest and constructive dialogue comes as a delightful and inspiring surprise . . . to me, at least. If you can keep a dry eye -- whatever your beliefs -- while watching the 'confessional' scenes towards the end, then you should probably consult an eye doctor soon, 'cause that can't be healthy.
( Read more... )"The Conversation Starts Now" is a good tag-line for this documentary, which opens in theaters 9/25/09 (it'll only be playing on one screen here in my city for the first week, at least, so anyone who wants to see it may have to look for it).
( more on my employer's version of Thunderdome )
So much for my paranoia (justified, or not).
However, I saw a great free preview of a movie this afternoon (thanks to my job -- the invitation was forwarded to my unit, since we work in religious publishing, and I was feeling grumpy enough to RSVP and be willing to work extra hours tomorrow in order to do something different today), the documentary Lord, Save Us From Your Followers: Why is the Gospel of Love dividing America? -- a thought-provoking, CIVIL, and ultimately mutually loving and respectful discussion of faith and values among people who believe in various religions and people who call themselves agnostics or atheists.
To some extent, it's focused mainly on helping Evangelical Christians (the group with which the film's creator and presenter identifies) understand how others may see them (the 'Body of Christ' which has become "Frankenjesus", rampaging around the countryside and stomping on the villagers) and remember that acting like Christ (healing the sick, helping the poor, etc.) and loving people through charitable ACTIONS is far more important than raucous, mean-spirited arguments over 'culture wars' -- a lot of WORDS whose only purpose seems to be to say 'we're right, and you're wrong, so there!'
Any movie made by an intelligent, honest, and very witty Evangelical which lifts up Tony Campolo, Jon Stewart, and Bono as 'prophets' of a more honest and constructive dialogue comes as a delightful and inspiring surprise . . . to me, at least. If you can keep a dry eye -- whatever your beliefs -- while watching the 'confessional' scenes towards the end, then you should probably consult an eye doctor soon, 'cause that can't be healthy.
( Read more... )"The Conversation Starts Now" is a good tag-line for this documentary, which opens in theaters 9/25/09 (it'll only be playing on one screen here in my city for the first week, at least, so anyone who wants to see it may have to look for it).
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