1. Do you see spirituality in the movie Letters to God? What kind of Spirituality do you see in movie: especially in Tyler?
Yes, I do. From the movie, I could see the holistic Spirituality especially in the life’s of Tyler. It is the way that everything is connected. It can understand a whole only by looking at its parts and it can understand a part only by looking at its whole. Celebrate diversity and connection. The one who seems to be dealing with the situation the best is Tyler, the boy with cancer. He displays the kind of faith Jesus Himself describes in Matthew 21; the faith that can move mountains. Here is the premise – a little boy with brain cancer shares his thoughts, dreams, and concerns in letters that he writes to God. Subsequently, …show more content…
I could see the way of connection in the various situations through Tyler’s life, for example; in the beginning, a new mailman comes into the scene. He is a lost, drunken, hopeless man who has lost his wife and son, as a result of his addiction to alcohol. God has said the wages of sin is death but sin, also, has earthly wages, which is realistically portrayed though the life of this mailman. Through Tyler’s letters to God, he begins to be inspired and is touched by Tyler’s strong faith in the Mighty One. “How can a dying boy have so much hope and a perfect healthy man is slowly killing himself?” And it causes me to examine myself, to say the …show more content…
What the Spirituality practices do you see in Tyler’s Spiritual Journey? How did these help him as a concern patient?
The Spiritual practices that I have seen from Tyler are writing a spiritual journal to God every day, practice to be presence, practice to be an optimistic, practice to make a good relationship with God and others, and practice to see profoundly God in every situation of his life. As a concern patient all of these practices help him to grow and deep in his spirituality.
He is an extraordinary eight-year-old boy. Surrounded by a loving family and community, and armed with the courage of his faith, he faces his daily battle against cancer with bravery and grace. To Tyler, God is a friend, a teacher and the ultimate pen pal—Tyler's prayers take the form of letters, which he composes and mails on a daily basis. From his situation, I realized that the ways of Spirituality practice may not be heal his sickness but it heals and nourishes his soul. Furthermore, I realized that Spirituality practices have their own powerful in some ways. While this movie is certainly a triumph of life over death it struggles in its rather narrow story arc. Without any real twists or turns, viewers pretty much know the outcome as soon as the skeptical, alcoholic mail man takes on his new route. However, viewers will be delighted to find out that powerful evangelism can take place in the simplest of
Yes, I do. From the movie, I could see the holistic Spirituality especially in the life’s of Tyler. It is the way that everything is connected. It can understand a whole only by looking at its parts and it can understand a part only by looking at its whole. Celebrate diversity and connection. The one who seems to be dealing with the situation the best is Tyler, the boy with cancer. He displays the kind of faith Jesus Himself describes in Matthew 21; the faith that can move mountains. Here is the premise – a little boy with brain cancer shares his thoughts, dreams, and concerns in letters that he writes to God. Subsequently, …show more content…
I could see the way of connection in the various situations through Tyler’s life, for example; in the beginning, a new mailman comes into the scene. He is a lost, drunken, hopeless man who has lost his wife and son, as a result of his addiction to alcohol. God has said the wages of sin is death but sin, also, has earthly wages, which is realistically portrayed though the life of this mailman. Through Tyler’s letters to God, he begins to be inspired and is touched by Tyler’s strong faith in the Mighty One. “How can a dying boy have so much hope and a perfect healthy man is slowly killing himself?” And it causes me to examine myself, to say the …show more content…
What the Spirituality practices do you see in Tyler’s Spiritual Journey? How did these help him as a concern patient?
The Spiritual practices that I have seen from Tyler are writing a spiritual journal to God every day, practice to be presence, practice to be an optimistic, practice to make a good relationship with God and others, and practice to see profoundly God in every situation of his life. As a concern patient all of these practices help him to grow and deep in his spirituality.
He is an extraordinary eight-year-old boy. Surrounded by a loving family and community, and armed with the courage of his faith, he faces his daily battle against cancer with bravery and grace. To Tyler, God is a friend, a teacher and the ultimate pen pal—Tyler's prayers take the form of letters, which he composes and mails on a daily basis. From his situation, I realized that the ways of Spirituality practice may not be heal his sickness but it heals and nourishes his soul. Furthermore, I realized that Spirituality practices have their own powerful in some ways. While this movie is certainly a triumph of life over death it struggles in its rather narrow story arc. Without any real twists or turns, viewers pretty much know the outcome as soon as the skeptical, alcoholic mail man takes on his new route. However, viewers will be delighted to find out that powerful evangelism can take place in the simplest of