I saw Shrek the Third today with Joe. It’s as good a the other two films and this time the central theme is that of believing in yourself. A couple of times characters are challenged. ‘You don’t have to believe what others say about you … you have a choice.’

I find it amazing that so many films carry a deep morality about them. I would go even further and say that I believe film is a major medium through which God speaks today.

God speaks today to his people, whether they acknowledge him or not, saying: you are accepted, you are loved, you are valuable and you do not have to believe those lies that others have spoken into your lives … you are not a loser, a villain, a mistake, a waste of space … you are purposefully created in the image of the Almighty God.

I still find that a mind blowing thought!