Thursday, March 23, 2006

Reluctantly, here is the story idea I wrote...

In class a few weeks ago, we each had to write up a concept for a movie that would depict the conflict between Christianity and culture; living in the world but not of it, etc, etc.
I still think mine is a little lame; my husband could write one better, but our prof said one of our assignments was to write our concepts on our blogs, so here it is... (With thanks to Jane for the character names)
The setting is modern-day in Vancouver, aka. Hollywood North. Gregory and Fiona are an average couple in their late 20's who consider themselves Christian, and attend a church most Sundays, but with a bit of emothional detatchment. They pretty much are good people who live their lives with a Sunday-only connection to their church. During the week they both work in the movie business, Gregory as a writer, and Fiona as an actress.
One day, they are out for a walk in the woods, and when they walk through the trees they find that they are in a different city entirely. As they walk further they discover they have gone back in time to the late 1960's, and later they discover they're in California. After not long, they realize they'll probably be there for a while, so they get some jobs in the field they are used to, theatre and movies. They also decide to find a church to try to stay connected to other Christians.
All goes well for a couple months, until the people at church find out that they are part of the secular arts scene, and pretty much shun them whenever they come to church.
Their occupations were never an issue in 2006, so they never thought it was a threat, like those around them now do. Their faith was also never an issue at their work, but with the recent pain of being hurt by those at church, Gregory and Fiona decide to hide their Christian beliefs from their co-workers, but at the risk of their integrity...

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Antagonism

I guess I received more antagonism from old high school friends than many other Christians have, but it's certainly not that I'm reading into what's not there. It's definitely not that subtle for me. For example, shortly after my freshman year, a good friend from high school (non-Christian) and I got into a very controversial discussion, and it ended with her not wanting to be friends with me anymore. She not only considers me pretty much evil, but that I could not have possibly believed what I believe now while we were still in high school, and that I must have been almost brainwashed into thinking it while I was away at Bible College. My other clear example is when another friend of mine, about mid-way through second-year, told me outright that none of my friends in one particular group from high school respected me because I go to Bible College. I'm not sure if she meant that they lost respect for me because I went to Bible College, or that she (mistakenly) believed that I thought I deserved more respect because I went to Bible College, and they all disagree, but either way, it was clearly antagonistic towards my choice. More subtly, I can see the concern for my future in some members of my family who do not take Christianity seriously. They would much rather I went to a "real" school to get a "real" degree and have a "real" future, although this is never explicitly said. In their case, I know they are just concerned about me, and don't understand why a Christian school is serious. But you can see, I'm definitely not one of those kids whose whole family and circle of friends applauded the choice to go to a Christian post-secondary school, and I wonder how many others have a similar situation to me.