Comments on: Away We Go http://markmcconnell.ca/2009/07/14/away-we-go/ My Very Own Home Made Recipe of Life, Culture and Theology Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:39:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Christine http://markmcconnell.ca/2009/07/14/away-we-go/#comment-64 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:08:34 +0000 http://markmcconnell.ca/?p=270#comment-64 I was really moved by this film too – it stayed with me for days on end, pondering. At first I thought it was going to be horrible, and then I realized that it was supposed to feel horrible. I’m glad you were so moved by it because it really does understand core issues faced by GenX (there I go with generational stuff again, but you’re such an expert at interpreting our gang that you’ll forgive me). There’s something about the loss of home and the yearning to re-establish or find it that is a deep, deep ache for us as a generation.

Did you get captivated by Switchfoot’s song “This is Home”, featured on Prince Caspian? I heard it for the first time yesterday and it’s been on continual repeat in the car AND in the house (a rarity to insist on both)… It’s really helping me as I deal with the reality of moving to Rwanda, which doesn’t feel like home yet but has elements of it.

]]> By: The Importance of Benediction at the Movies « MarkMcConnell.ca http://markmcconnell.ca/2009/07/14/away-we-go/#comment-45 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:19:19 +0000 http://markmcconnell.ca/?p=270#comment-45 [...] all of this came to mind at the end of the credits for “Away We Go” (see my previous post). Perhaps only six out of a congregation of 100 stayed for the benediction… but it was well [...]

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