** Suitable for online learning and study **
Still Standing continues the tradition of DLTs popular movie-based Lent course series for small groups. Rachel Mann, author of the bestselling course From Now On (The Greatest Showman) has written this stunning new course based on the Oscar - and BAFTA - nominated Elton John biopic Rocketman. In five weekly sessions, she uses clips from the film, Bible passages and discussion-starters to help us relate the movie to the scriptures and the Gospel. Themes include: Becoming and calling. Relationships and how they shape our identities. The meaning of success and failure. Struggle, upset and forgiveness. Death and resurrection.
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Week 1 `In Want of Love' -- how do we become who we are? |
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Week 2 `Border Songs' -- the power and price of friendship |
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Week 3 `Into Orbit' -- the temptations and promises of `success' |
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Week 4 `Sad Situations' -- when sorry is the hardest word |
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Week 5 `Still Standing' -- facing the truth and starting again |
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is a parish priest, writer, speaker and broadcaster, with a particular interest in the relationship between popular culture and faith. Author of a number of popular books, she was formerly Poet-In-Residence at Manchester Cathedral. Her books include Fierce Imaginings, the Lent course From Now On, and the forthcoming novel The Gospel of Eve (October 2020).
