pat loughery

Because this weekend’s Father’s Day, and because we’re at the Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6, I wanted to do something powerful with our approach to celebrating dads.

It seems to me that the most powerful moment on film that captures the father-son relationship is the end of Field of Dreams.

I haven’t yet met a man who doesn’t get teary-eyed at the end of that film, when the central figure of the movie encounters his father. It’s simple, yet emotionally powerful.

I’ll play chapter 33 and 34 this weekend.

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We’ll also use Volume 1 (“Rain”) from Nooma Films. Rob Bell does a fantastic job of storytelling-as-sermon, and this volume explores God as Protector. Last weekend we use Volume 6 (“Kickball”) in our exploration of Father-God-as-Provider.

If you haven’t checked out Nooma Films, they’re the best of a burgeoning industry. I saw one, went out and bought all 7, and we’ve used 5 of them in one setting or another right now: mostly sermon help, but also small groups and our vineyard 101 class.