Movie Analogies — Forgiveness

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The Last Face He Saw

In the final scene of *Dead Man Walking*, Sister Helen Prejean walks alongside Matthew Ponselet as he is led to the execution chamber. Ponselet —...

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The Whale: Grace for the Broken Body (2 Corinthians 12:9-10)

In the haunting film *The Whale*, we meet Charlie, a man whose body bears the weight of his grief—each breath a labor as he navigates the shadows of his past. His home, a cluttered space filled with remnants of a...

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Movie Analogy

The Candlesticks He Didn't Deserve

In the 2012 film *Les Misérables*, Jean Valjean stumbles into the home of Bishop Myriel after nineteen years in prison. The Bishop feeds him, gives...

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Movie Analogy

The Bishop's Silver

In the 2012 film *Les Misérables*, Jean Valjean — played by Hugh Jackman — staggers into the home of Bishop Myriel after nineteen years in...

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The Burden Cut Loose

In Roland Joffé's 1986 film *The Mission*, Robert De Niro plays Rodrigo Mendoza — a slave trader and mercenary who kills his own brother in...

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The Words He Couldn't Believe

In Good Will Hunting, Will Hunting is a brilliant young man played by Matt Damon who carries deep wounds from a childhood of abuse. He...

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The Knife That Set Him Free

In Roland Joffé's 1986 film *The Mission*, Robert De Niro plays Rodrigo Mendoza, a slave trader and mercenary who kills his own brother in a...

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The Silver That Changed Everything

In *Les Misérables*, Jean Valjean is a broken man — nineteen years in prison have hollowed him out. When Bishop Myriel opens his home to...

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