Friday nights are often used by us to consider how Gods word is expressed through modern art and media.
So in true Friday service style, next week (12th) we will be watching the film 'Babettes feast' and the following week we will have the opportunity to discuss what it means to us.
Gods grace is His giving of Himself (Jesus' death on the cross) for us. His ultimate expression of love, with no strings attached.....no obligation on our part...but is this true...doesn't God expect us to do something with this gift ?
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I am looking forward to seeing this. Having read Philip Yancey's summary it has always been an intruiging story. Maybe we should all come wearing grey drab clothes and eat some gruel while we watch it!
Wear grey and eat gruel if you want but I want to celebrate God's grace.
Well I thought the film was brilliant and I've borrowed it for my wife to watch.
Anyone want to comment before I try to write some notes for Richard to use? ... we're talking about the film next Friday.
I enjoyed the film - loved the pentecostal guy who kept saying Halllejah and so on. Did remind me very much of some old style brethren I knew many years ago.
Their dress sense also reminded me of the brethren - all that bombazine!
How come Babette never had any splashes on her outfit with all that cooking: not a single blob or grease spot?
Their marked refusal to comment on the food led to some wonderful non se qui teurs: you could say quite ungracious but that I guess is the whole point.
Hope to hear more what others think in due course.
Wow. I found the film deeply moving and have to admit to shedding a small tear.
The drab bleak surroundings and poverty, but the highs of love and beauty of a simple life(briefly desired for by the General in his youth) the temptation of fame and riches and the resistance of the sisters to this. Sadness of love affairs cut short and the bitterness that had developed between friends.
There was a sense that this was their last supper as though they had reached the end of their lives and were looking back and evaluating.(the General talking to his younger self). Interesting transformation at the dinner, expressed by the sumptuousness (sp) and colour of the food etc and the pleasure they began to take in it.
I loved the Generals speech at the dinner and his realisation of the Grace he was experiencing and the
unimportance of the choices he had made in life.
One last thing.....do they really eat that stuff in France ?
Some suggestions for next week's meeting:
1. In the film the sisters are named after two famous men! See if you can find out who they are and why their names are apt.
2. Try to rememeber some of the Bible verses quoted and see if you can find them in context.
3. Ask this simple question: why were the "church" so anxious about good food... until they tasted it?
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