The Ultimate Gift

To supplement our school-wide Intereggnum focus on Difficulty and campus-wide required reading of The Pilgrim's Progress, we were all invited to a private screening of The Ultimate Gift for our college today. Interregnum is an annual time (I think it is covered in some of our curriculum throughout both semesters) taken out to focus on a specific theme for spiritual and intellectual enrichment, in addition to our normal academics at The King's College. We had no classes today, just an exam this morning on the reading. The reason why we had this opportunity to see the movie was one of the students; his uncle is one of the executive producers of the film. It was a treat to see a free movie at a nice theater in Times Square. =D

I'm not exactly a movie buff as most people know, but I thought it was a pretty good movie. The really wonderful part of the movie was the lessons it taught from the book written by Jim Stovall. The 12 gifts touched on included family, friends, problems, laughter, gratitude, and giving amongst other ones. Beyond being just another feel-good movie, this movie is inspiring and challenges one to consider his/her own "pilgrimage" so to speak. We also had a very informative and engaging Q&A session after the movie viewing. The producer got to talking about how now is actually a great time to be a Christian in the arts...

I'm excited to be in a place with so many exciting opportunities to see how the Lord is moving to reach people. I also love being around people who are actively looking to make a difference for Christ in very real and tangible ways. Getting to meet some incredible successful people who desire to help King's students realize God's dream has also been affirming and very inspiring. =)

Side note from this weekend: outside of being immersed in tedious financial accounting homework and a trip deep into Brooklyn to see my grandparents, my roommates and I got to see a Korean-American celebration parade go right by our place. It was pretty cool to see and hear it from up high, outside our bedroom window (but I was afraid of falling as we leaned out and my glasses were hanging from my nose...). We live on 34th, where 6th (Avenue of the Americas) and Broadway cross each other. The parade caused some traffic blockage on top of the typical Saturday midday flow. Here are two pictures that show the parade cruising along down Broadway, and right past Koreatown (yes, I live 2 blocks from K-town).

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