‘Hugo’ arrived the other day. No, not a friend but the DVD of what I consider to be the best movie of 2011 and fast becoming one of my all-time favourites. It is based on a unique children’s book by Brian Selznick called ‘The Invention of Hugo Cabret’ which combines text with drawings and photographs. It actually resembles a movie story-board.
It’s a story of broken things being mended - toys, clocks and even an ‘automaton’ - and broken lives being mended. Disappointed, angry, lost, disillusioned, they all appear in ‘Hugo’ and without giving too much away there is a way forward for them all.
It’s a good movie to be watching at Easter. The Risen Christ has sent a surge of renewal through the whole of Creation which renews, empowers and brings hope for this life and the next.
I’ll try to write tomorrow but it’s a big day. We have three new members joining St Paul’s, two of whom I baptised as babies, and the other a newcomer to the community. There is great encouragement for me in this. Despite the challenges, Jesus is building his Church.
