Tuesday, May 09, 2006
The Postman
I just watched the movie The Postman from beginning to end. I’d been watching bits and pieces of it over the years, but never the whole thing. It’s utterly incredible. What stood out was how relevant it is to today. It’s an old movie, but very prophetic to some degree as to what we face today and the challenges we see. Thirty years from now, I wonder which movies will be reality and which will still be just movies.
Little men who have little jobs with no passion or future and no way to channel their energy wind up becoming tyrants waiting for a war to unleash the fury they have. When they do, it’s all about intimidation. They create a language that supports their "idealism" that gives them permission to destroy others. That was Col. Bethlehem.
Running men--who just want peace and to be left alone--if their energy is channeled they "give out hope like candy in the pocket." Nobility lies in most of us--we just don’t have a place to let it run wild. Unless you’re a follower of Christ and then, of course, if you believe all Jesus says, your life is consumed in Him and others. Not a bad place to find meaning.
Every man longs for hope--something of significance. Any man can matter. Meaning is found in how we connect--the mail, the Internet, and most important, a cup of Joe at Starbucks. It’s true, every thing in our West is unraveling and being redefined--but I love the ending of that movie. The end of post-modernism or whatever philosophy you believe has to give a man some sort of hope and meaning--or what’s the purpose?
Little men who have little jobs with no passion or future and no way to channel their energy wind up becoming tyrants waiting for a war to unleash the fury they have. When they do, it’s all about intimidation. They create a language that supports their "idealism" that gives them permission to destroy others. That was Col. Bethlehem.
Running men--who just want peace and to be left alone--if their energy is channeled they "give out hope like candy in the pocket." Nobility lies in most of us--we just don’t have a place to let it run wild. Unless you’re a follower of Christ and then, of course, if you believe all Jesus says, your life is consumed in Him and others. Not a bad place to find meaning.
Every man longs for hope--something of significance. Any man can matter. Meaning is found in how we connect--the mail, the Internet, and most important, a cup of Joe at Starbucks. It’s true, every thing in our West is unraveling and being redefined--but I love the ending of that movie. The end of post-modernism or whatever philosophy you believe has to give a man some sort of hope and meaning--or what’s the purpose?
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