Romancing the Stone with Paul McDonald and Sarah Daniels
Coming up on the Men at the Movies podcast, we get you ready for Valentine’s Day with Romancing the Stone. Joan is a woman in hiding, feeling inadequate and lacking. Her adventure reveals her strength and identity as she transforms from hopeless to hopeful. Find out how as we discuss God’s truth in this movie.
Quotes
You don’t need to have a partner to do important things with your life.
Adventure are those things where you feel incomplete.
We need to focus on the things we have done instead of the things we haven’t accomplished.
Themes
Joan believes the lie that she is incomplete and inadequate.
She is wounded from her past
She’s hiding
She is waiting for her life to start
Adventure reveals her identity/true self
Adventure is something we don’t feel up to doing
Life is out of control, and it brings her more alive
She is able to rescue herself
Living a life better than she imagined
Reveals the baggage she doesn’t need to carry
She learns the skills she needs to survive
Spotlights her strengths
Draws others to join her in the adventure
Transitions from hopeless to hopeful
Living with expectancy rather than expectations
Engaging rather than hiding
Walking in strength and contentment
Won’t settle for false lovers
Resources
I Don’t Wait Anymore: Letting Go of Expectations and Grasping God’s Adventure for You by Grace Thornton
Sarah’s Reverse Bucket List (shared with her permission)
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.” - Ephesians 3:20 (NIV)
Questions
What makes you feel incomplete?
Where do you believe you are lacking?
Where do you feel like something is wrong with you?
Where do you feel behind? Impatient? Tired of waiting?
What would your reverse bucket list look like? What are the things you have done? Where have you been? What have you accomplished?
Where do you feel over your head?
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Audio quotes performed by Britt Mooney, Paul McDonald, and Tim Willard, taken from Epic (written by John Eldredge) and Song of Albion (written by Stephen Lawhead).
Southerly Change performed by Zane Dickinson, used under license from Shutterstock
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