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Mark Matlock is wrapping up our afternoon at D6.  You can visit his website here . His topic was "The Hero's Journey"  Every story starts with the ordinary life. Next, comes a call to action . After the call to action, usually failure comes. The mentor follows our failures.  What do they give?  Wisdom . A mentor helps the young hero connect to the Vine. As you look at the life of our heroes (i.e. Star Wars, Spiderman, Batman), why are the parents most often absent? Who else from the Body of Christ will be a mentor to your kids? Trials occur  Maturity Mark used popular culture to illustrate the hero's journey.  This is a great option to keep us listening after a day packed full of ideas. Thankful for his creativity!

Tonight, we watched "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" as a family movie. It was really good. It kept the interest of my 9 year old as well as my 2 year old. I highly recommend it to families to watch together. The theme of the movie is being a hero. Three unlikely heroes are chosen and keep making excuses for why they cannot be heroes. "They are not good looking, strong, smart, etc." Without ruining the ending, they discover that being a hero is about "doing what is right," not any of the things mentioned above. As Pastor Steve preached today, we need to look at this in light of God's Word. What does God say about being a hero? Here are a few Scriptures to get us thinking: 1 Samuel 16:7 says, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." Take heart God is not concerned with the sa...