Sheila and I went to see "Up", the new Pixar animated film. It's a feast for the imagination, visually beautiful, woven through with wit and wisdom, and one of the best arguments around for combining in one film food for thought and freedom to fantasise. No need to tell the story. If you don't go see it you wouldn't get it – if you do go and see it you won't forget it. An entire pastoral theology module could be based around some of its themes of life, death, love, friendship, ageing, care of creation, adventure, courage, rejection and welcome, carelessness and responsibility, selfishness and generosity, and all of it wrapped up for each of us in our personal adventure book, with its page, "Stuff I Want to Do." Do yourself a favour – go see it.
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