We all remember the magic of childhood, a dark theater, and the stories and ideas that poured from the huge screen. Let Darrell Harris take you back to, and far beyond, that enchanting place.
Sometime around 1971 while still living a LSD lifestyle at 17, I was alone in my fathers home watching an old movie called Mr Deeds goes to town, with Gary Cooper. I didn’t regularly watch TV shows, and rarely a movie-goer, it was just a God appointment. The main character was naive, authentic, vulnerable, and generous. He swam against the world current. When he gave his inherited fortune away it deeply moved me to my core. I wept deeply. So deeply, I wondered why, why do I feel like a tuning fork being vibrated so violently by this resonating act of kindness? It was an appetite taste of His deposit in me. After the movie, I wrote a letter to God… If You are real… (in so many words), please help me, please fix me. I was absolutely broken with absolutely nothing to offer, bankrupt in every way you can possibly measure, but having a newly found substance in me that declared, the sole purpose in life is to give.
Thank you so much, Chris Hoffman! Both life and reading scripture have led me to believe that Beauty, Goodness and Truth are everywhere to be found, if we only look and listen. We are not left alone!
Very well said! Explained what I never realized about why my wife and I like to sit down to a good movie. Thank you for this.
Your story reminded me of mine, thanks!
Sometime around 1971 while still living a LSD lifestyle at 17, I was alone in my fathers home watching an old movie called Mr Deeds goes to town, with Gary Cooper. I didn’t regularly watch TV shows, and rarely a movie-goer, it was just a God appointment. The main character was naive, authentic, vulnerable, and generous. He swam against the world current. When he gave his inherited fortune away it deeply moved me to my core. I wept deeply. So deeply, I wondered why, why do I feel like a tuning fork being vibrated so violently by this resonating act of kindness? It was an appetite taste of His deposit in me. After the movie, I wrote a letter to God… If You are real… (in so many words), please help me, please fix me. I was absolutely broken with absolutely nothing to offer, bankrupt in every way you can possibly measure, but having a newly found substance in me that declared, the sole purpose in life is to give.
Enjoyed your selection of movies in the midst of your words encouraging us to soar into the beauty of God’s creation.
Thank you so much, Chris Hoffman! Both life and reading scripture have led me to believe that Beauty, Goodness and Truth are everywhere to be found, if we only look and listen. We are not left alone!