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==Genesis 3:20-24==
20 The man named his wife Eve,[a] because she was the mother of all living. 21 And the Lord God made garments of skins for the man and for his wife, and clothed them. 22 Then the Lord God said, “See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— 23 therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 He drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a sword flaming and turning to guard the way to the tree of life.

==Acts 2:16-17==
16 No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: 17 ‘In the last days it will be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

==Romans 10:14-15==
14 But how are they to call on one in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in one of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him? 15 And how are they to proclaim him unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

==Faith & Film V: La La Land==

====Three Minute Film Summary====

====In and Out of the Garden====

====Evangelism and All That Jazz====

====Here's to the Ones Who Dream====

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 ==Faith & Film V: La La Land==
-*[Film Clip #1: Trailer]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pdqf4P9MB8 Film Clip #1: Trailer]
 ====Three Minute Film Summary====
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 ====Evangelism and All That Jazz====
-Sebastian is an Evangelist for Jazz Music.  Evangelism is a Greek word in the New Testament that means "good news" or good message.  And Sebastian is passionate about sharing that good news with everyone in the world, including Mia.  He lights up when he describes it, saying,   "These guys are performing and composing and rearranging all at once.  It's conflict, it's compromise and it's new!  And it's dying Mia, it's dying on the vine.  And the world says let it die.  Not on my watch."  What's his solution?  He wants to build a church...I mean, a club...where his message can be proclaimed freely and purely.
+Sebastian is an Evangelist for Jazz Music.  Evangelism is a Greek word in the New Testament that means "good news" or good message.  And Sebastian is passionate about sharing that good news with everyone in the world, including Mia.  He lights up when he describes it, saying,   "These guys are performing and composing and rearranging all at once.  It's conflict, it's compromise and it's very very exciting!  And it's dying Mia, it's dying on the vine.  And the world says let it die.  Not on my watch."  What's his solution?  He wants to build a church...I mean, a club...where his message can be proclaimed freely and purely.
-Sebastian's friend, Keith, the one who recruits him into his band (which is called, interestingly, "The Messengers") also loves jazz, but has a different approach to "saving it."   Keith's band mixes traditional jazz with modern beats and synthesizers, making it a hybrid jazz-techno style.  At one point, Keith tells Sebastian: "You say you want to save jazz. How are you going to save jazz if no one’s listening?  I mean, do you really think a bunch of ninety-year-olds in a basement is the future of the form? You’re holding onto the past. But jazz is about the future."
+Sebastian's friend, Keith, the one who recruits him into his band (which is called, interestingly, "The Messengers") also loves jazz, but has a different approach to "saving it."   Keith's band mixes traditional jazz with modern beats and synthesizers, making it a hybrid jazz-techno style.  At one point, Keith tells Sebastian: "You say you want to save jazz. How are you going to save jazz if no one’s listening?  I mean, do you really think a bunch of ninety-year-olds in a basement is the future of the form? How are you going to be a revolutionary if you're such a traditionalist? You’re holding onto the past. But jazz is about the future."
 So much of this reminds me of arguments we have in the church.  Some say, Churches everywhere are dying!  We need to spice up our message with coffee shops and children's programs and a praise band!   Others say, no we need to be relevant, meet the people where they are.  Still others say, "No, just build a building, preach the gospel, and people will come!  Actually the argument is about as old as the gospel itself.  Paul acknowledges this in Romans when he says "But how are they to call on one in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in one of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him? And how are they to proclaim him unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
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 Stories are important to every culture in every time.  As Christians, we take our faith inspiration from a collection of 2,000 year old stories that still continue to inspire us, challenge us, and guide us through the challenges we face in this life.  True, the stories of our faith are sacred to us in a way that most Hollywood films are not.   But in the past six weeks (and in the five years we've done this series) I hope you're beginning to see that there are many connections, many shared influences between the stories of our Judeo-Christian faith and the Hollywood stories of our culture.
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIUkqTq7RZQ Film Clip #5: Fools Who Dream]
-In fact, our faith

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 In the Bible (and in today's scripture passage from Genesis), Adam and Eve go from this perfect, dream-like existence in the Garden of Eden, to the harsh realities of...well, reality in the land outside of Eden, a.k.a "The Real World."
-In the film La La Land, there is a continual back and forth between the Hollywood scripted, perfect dream-like world (call it "La La Land") and the harsh realities of real life the city of Los Angeles (which also spells LA).  This is obvious from the opening scene:  It's a giant LA traffic jam on an overpass...but everyone is happy, singing and dancing on their cars.  This is obviously not real life.  It lasts about six minutes
+In the film La La Land, there is a continual back and forth between the Hollywood scripted, perfect dream-like world (call it "La La Land") and the harsh realities of real life the city of Los Angeles (which also spells LA).  This is obvious from the opening scene:  It's a giant LA traffic jam on an overpass...but everyone is happy, singing and dancing on their cars.  This is obviously not real life.  The scene lasts about six minutes before it's rudely interrupted by an act of road rage...that's reality breaking in and taking us out of the garden.
 ====Evangelism and All That Jazz====
 ====Here's to the Ones Who Dream====

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 Mia is an aspiring actress who leaves her hometown of Boulder, Colorado for the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles, where in between auditions, she works in a cofee shop waiting for her big break.
-Sebastian is a jazz pianist, a purist and a traditionalist, who dreams of opening his own jazz club and bringing back the dying musical genre.  But living in Los Angeles, he mostly has to settle for whatever work he can find, sometimes playing cheezy 80s music at parties, or Christmas jingles in a bar.
+Sebastian is a jazz pianist, a purist and a traditionalist, who dreams of opening his own jazz club and bringing back the dying musical genre.  But living in Los Angeles, he mostly has to settle for whatever work he can find, sometimes playing cheesy 80s music at parties, or Christmas jingles in a bar.
 When Sebastian and Mia meet each other, it's not exactly love at first sight. They hit it off, but after a series of encounters begin to respect and appreciate each other, and then they fall in love.  They encourage each other in their respective dreams, and teach each other how to be flexible and resilient in a tough city that, according to Sebastian, "worships everything and values nothing."
 ====In and Out of the Garden====

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		+	Mia is an aspiring actress who leaves her hometown of Boulder, Colorado for the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles, where in between auditions, she works in a cofee shop waiting for her big break.
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		+	Sebastian is a jazz pianist, a purist and a traditionalist, who dreams of opening his own jazz club and bringing back the dying musical genre. But living in Los Angeles, he mostly has to settle for whatever work he can find, sometimes playing cheezy 80s music at parties, or Christmas jingles in a bar.
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		+	When Sebastian and Mia meet each other, they don't exactly hit it off, but after a series of encounters begin to respect and appreciate each other, and then they fall in love. They encourage each other in their respective dreams, and teach each other how to be flexible and resilient in a tough city that, according to Sebastian, "worships everything and values nothing."
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 ==Genesis 3:20-24==
-The man named his wife Eve,[a] because she was the mother of all living. 21 And the Lord God made garments of skins for the man and for his wife, and clothed them. 22 Then the Lord God said, “See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— 23 therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 He drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a sword flaming and turning to guard the way to the tree of life.
+The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living. 21 And the Lord God made garments of skins for the man and for his wife, and clothed them. 22 Then the Lord God said, “See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— 23 therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 He drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a sword flaming and turning to guard the way to the tree of life.
 ==Acts 2:16-17==