Saved!

I just re-watched the movie “Saved!”  When I first saw it, I was surprised at how much I liked it.  I thought it would be pretty lame, but it turned out quite differently. 

This movie has a lot to say about pop-Christianity and church culture.

And there’s a very deep insight towards the end, where the main character asks the question “What would Jesus do?”  and gives her own very honest and valid answer: “I don’t know.  But in the meantime, we’ll be trying to figure that out.  Together.”

Another time, the same girl says, “So everything that doesn’t fit into some stupid idea of what you think God wants you just try to hide or fix or get rid of? It’s just all too much to live up to. No one fits in one hundred percent of the time. Not even you.”

I think the church needs reminded of this point a lot. 

We think we all have it figured out.  We have this list of what to believe, and what to condemn, and life moves along just fine.

But it’s not that simple.

Is everything a shade of grey?

What do you think?