First Movie in Decades! ;o) in A New Beginning

Yesterday my sister Sandy and I went to the Dover Mall cinema to see “The Shack.” It was the first time in twenty or more years either of us had been to see a movie at the actual MOVIES! We both thoroughly enjoyed both the movie AND the experience of going to the movies. Who knows; we might go see another movie before two more decades pass by!

I think it interesting and pretty awesome that “The Shack” is a spiritual movie (it is a book too, which we’d both read) that both Sandy, a very Bible-oriented Christian and I, a Wiccan, really really liked. God was depicted as an older black woman for most of the movie, but she makes it clear that she is both a Mother AND a Father, and appears to a person as one or the other depending on what that person most needs. For part of the movie, God is depicted as an old Native American man. God is also depicted as a trinity, with the Son, Jesus, being played by a Middle Eastern man of the age Jesus would’ve been, and the Holy Spirit or Shekinah being played by a very serene Middle Eastern or Indian woman.

Wisdom, mentioned in the Old Testament several times by the feminine name Sophia, is portrayed by a woman also. I expect that there are a lot of Christians…fundamentalists mostly…who won’t like the movie because of the way God is shown to be, but actually, it IS much in accordance with what the ancient texts actually say! :o)

After the movie we had late lunch/early supper at Wendy’s. :o)

Sister Carol didn’t go with us because she really didn’t want to miss church this particular Sunday. The first Sunday of each month, church members bring in goods to donate to the homeless, and she likes doing that. I’m very proud of her for becoming so involved in her church! I did get to spend time with her this weekend, too, though....we went to supper at McDonalds on Saturday to get two-for-four-dollar fish sammitches! McDonalds always has that in March, and both she and I looooooooooove McDonalds fish sammitches! :o)

Now the workweek has begun. Joe’s is already done! He has the next two days off, to get our stuff ready to take to the conference we are going to later in the week, Sacred Space. We are going to leave for there as soon as I get home from work on Wednesday afternoon!! I am sooooo excited!

We got me one of those “notebook” computer things because I wanted something small to take along on our trip. I was having a HEAP of struggle and frustration with it, mostly having trouble using the touchscreen. Joe got a mouse for it yesterday, which I have not had a chance to try yet. (I’m on my PC right now.) But I will try it out after supper. I’m sure having the mouse will make a world of difference!!!!! It has to!!!!!