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Keeping the Faith in Big Decisions

Nature Path

One of the hardest things in the life of our faith is making big decisions. How do we keep the faith when the impact of our decision could be consequential? My friend and fellow writer, Sharla Hallett wrote the following guest post for Something Like Scales as an alternative takeaway of Paul’s Acts 9 “something like scales fell from his eyes” story. Here’s Sharla. 

 

Keeping the Faith in Big Decisions

 

The Biblical examples of people having to make hard, but impactful decisions of obedience are aplenty. God asks his servant to do something that does not make sense to him or her, perhaps even putting them in harm’s way. They must decide whether they will trust and follow God or do what makes sense to them in the moment. Read more

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Encanto and our Stairway to Heaven

Encanto window

Disney’s Encanto is a movie for all the performers. All the achievers. All the perfectionists. And in this weary-worn world full of anxiety to perform, achieve, and perfect, we all need a message. A message about rest and about where our identity lies. Because isn’t that why we’re all tired? We’re trying to perfect an image of ourselves that is unsustainable. We are attempting to create our own self-worth. The worth of ourselves only ever came from Read more

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Disney’s Coco: A Parable

Coco and Chesterton quote

 

Disney’s Coco offers us a parable for Jesus’s most challenging words in all the Bible. Set in the vibrant town of Santa Cecilia, Mexico during its annual Day of the Dead rituals, a young Miguel wrestles with his family heritage that stands in direct opposition to the ache burning in his soul to pursue becoming a musician.

 

Miguel’s story begins like the plot arcs of so many other Disney characters—Merida in Brave, Rapunzel in Tangled, Ariel in The Little Mermaid, Moana in the movie with her namesake, and more recently, Luca in Luca. Essentially, the main character comes of age by acknowledging their own Read more

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