Oxford WalMart, Cars Movie
Hello. I'm with the Oxford WalMart personnel department. *** has listed you as a reference on his job application. May I ask you three quick questions?Sure.
Would *** present a danger of violence toward other WalMart employees, or customers?
Ha ha! Absolutely not.
Do you have any reason to question his honesty and integrity?
None whatsoever
Do you know of anything that would make him unsuitable for the position for which he has applied?
Uh...What position has he applied for?
(long pause) I'm sorry, sir, I can't reveal that information.
I'm still trying to figure that one out.
Last night Ben and Glen and I went to see the new animated movie Cars. Very very funny. And now when I look at a car, I see every pair of headlights as eyes, every grille as a moustache...
There was something rather unique about this movie, that I really really liked...but it's a bit of a spoiler, so I'll tell you at the end of the blog entry, after the spoiler warning.
I have a habit of associating Bible verses with movies I see, and the verse I associate with this one is: The first shall be last, and the last first. The movie actually did an excellent job of portraying that principle.
If you go see it, be sure to stay through the credits, as there is some very funny stuff. Especially funny if you've seen various other animated movies like Toy Story, and Monsters Inc, because they do car spoofs of those. As funny as the movie was, I think I laughed as much during the credits as I did during the entire rest of the movie!
****SPOILER****
At the end, the main character (or is it car-acter?) loses "the big race". And in losing it, shows the truth of "the first shall be last, and last first". Because even though he doesn't win any prizes, the fact that he puts another before himself makes him the true hero of the story.
Posted On Jun 10, 2006 at 8:31 AM
On Jun 10, 2006 Trent wrote: Quote:
| Do you know of anything that would make him unsuitable for the position for which he has applied? Uh...What position has he applied for? (long pause) I'm sorry, sir, I can't reveal that information. |
On Jun 10, 2006 Trent wrote: Maybe this one's more fitting: Funny Image
Makes for a lousy website though
Doug Replied: That's okay, I turned it into a link so it's much more "fitting" now.
On Jun 10, 2006 Trent wrote: see now that's how you avoid a lousy website
Doug Replied: *nods*
On Jun 11, 2006 Trent wrote: Quote:
| Whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant. (Matthew 20:26) It would be easy for us to think "Oh! I'll be a servant, so I can be great!" But servanthood is not something we take on for the sake of gain; servanthood is, in itself, true greatness. Because servanthood is part of the character and nature of Christ (see Phil 2:1-8) |
Did you sneak in and hear my sermon this morning from Mark 10?
Doug Replied: HA! Nope! But I preached from Luke 9:46-56 this morning.
Fools think alike.
On Jun 11, 2006 Doug wrote: And if anyone is wondering where that quote on servanthood came from, it came from this sermon illustration page
On Jun 12, 2006 Laura wrote: I was surprised at how well the movie portrayed that verse. It was almost like a VeggieTales - just with cars, and no actual verse from Qwerty at the end. Although to be honest, it made me very appreciative of small towns as well!
Doug Replied: yep!
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