Well, a big sorry that I haven’t been blogging that much in recent weeks. Much of that has been down to a couple of pesky viruses throughout December and into the New Year. Hence why this hasn’t been much more than a sermon blog in recent weeks. I’ll try to get back to posting a little more frequently now.

So here’s one for starters where I’d like your thoughts: I’m involved in planning next year’s Chelmsford Christian Festival (‘Festival’? Because some don’t like the word mission and we’re trying to be as inclusive of all shades of Christian.) One of my colleagues on the Programme Committee wants to hire the local Odeon cinema to run some films there during the Festival. But what would you show if it were down to you? Would you go for arty films like Jesus Of Montreal? Children’s films like The Prince Of Egypt or The Miracle Maker? Evangelistic films such as Jesus (a.k.a. The Jesus Film)? Recent Hollywood movies that have been targeted at Christians, such as The Passion Of The Christ, The Nativity Story or The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe? And what would you want to accomplish?

I have to accompany my colleague to a meeting with the Odeon manager, probably in about ten days’ time. What are your thoughts?

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Well, a big sorry that I haven’t been blogging that much in recent weeks. Much of that has been down to a couple of pesky viruses throughout December and into the New Year. Hence why this hasn’t been much more than a sermon blog in recent weeks. I’ll try to get back to posting a little more frequently now.

So here’s one for starters where I’d like your thoughts: I’m involved in planning next year’s Chelmsford Christian Festival (‘Festival’? Because some don’t like the word mission and we’re trying to be as inclusive of all shades of Christian.) One of my colleagues on the Programme Committee wants to hire the local Odeon cinema to run some films there during the Festival. But what would you show if it were down to you? Would you go for arty films like Jesus Of Montreal? Children’s films like The Prince Of Egypt or The Miracle Maker? Evangelistic films such as Jesus (a.k.a. The Jesus Film)? Recent Hollywood movies that have been targeted at Christians, such as The Passion Of The Christ, The Nativity Story or The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe? And what would you want to accomplish?

I have to accompany my colleague to a meeting with the Odeon manager, probably in about ten days’ time. What are your thoughts?

Technorati Tags: Chelmsford+Christian+Festival, films, movies, Odeon, Jesus+Of+Montreal, Prince+Of+Egypt, Miracle+Maker, Jesus, The+Passion+Of+The+Christ, The+Nativity+Story, Narnia