... , the image of God and ourselves within. We must risk everything in order to see the Truth of Jesus, and to realize what is most true and authentic about ourselves. In our quest, we discover our strength. In the movie, “Wild,” fictional character Cheryl Strayed embarks on a journey into the wilds of the Pacific trail to try to deal with her grief and to find what is most real and authentic about herself. The challenges and pitfalls that she encounters strengthen her resolve but also reveal her inner ...
... brought by his loving parents. The book has been lauded for depicting the imaginative process we can use to process our feelings, such as anger, frustration, anxiety, or restlessness. This kind of emotional processing comes out again in the book, later made into a movie, “Wild” starring Reece Witherspoon as Cheryl Strayed (not her real name), whose tumultuous and personally tragic life has set her upon a 3-month, 1100 mile hike on the Pacific Trail from the Mojave Desert to the Cascades ...
... tricycle (you’ll need a child volunteer from the congregation for this) and matches (or one large match) to light a candle; oil Some of you have probably seen the movie Wild, based on the recent best-selling book. The story is about a young woman, Cheryl Strayed, who takes a long trek through the mountain trails of Washington State in order to deal with her “inner demons.” She is mourning the loss of her mother. She is trying to figure out where her life is gong next. The “Wild” quest appears to ...
