The Goonies with Paul McDonald and Sarah Daniels
This week on the Men at the Movies podcast, we head out on an adventure to discuss The Goonies. What’s needed to live a great adventure? Fellowship of misfits who somehow all fit together. A sense of expectancy—“God, what do you have next for me?” Finally, a passion that refuses to take Troy’s bucket, realizing the adventure is the treasure. Goonies never say die—let’s discover God’s truth in this movie.
Quotes
When we are pursuing our passion and our adventure, fear screams really loud.
You’re here with us, and that’s the treasure.
“If you try to take stuff that belongs to someone else, you don’t get what you thought you were getting, you get what you ought to have got. But if you take what’s someone’s trying to give you while you were asking for what you thought you wanted, you end up getting a lot more than you knew was there in the first place.”
Can we say to God, “I don’t care what I get, as long as I go with you?”
Themes
Checklist for adventure
Fellowship is necessary. We need our Goonies, people who don’t fit in anywhere else except when they are together.
Expectancy vs expectations
They don’t understand the danger they are in.
Passion for what matters most
Map/vision for a direction where to go (what makes your heart come alive?)
Don’t listen to the fear. Don’t take Troy’s bucket.
The adventure is the treasure.
Resources
Forged in Film
Men at the Movies Patreon
First do what is necessary. Then do what is possible. And before you know it you are doing the impossible. - Saint Francis Assisi
Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge
The Story of With by Allen Arnold
Soul’s Gate by James Rubart
The Goonie Oath
“I will never betray my goon dock friends;
We will stick together until the whole world ends;
Through heaven and hell, and nuclear war;
Good pals like us, will stick like tar;
In the city, or the country, or the forest, or the boonies;
I am proudly declared a fellow Goonie.”
Questions
What was one of the first movies you saw in the theater?
What adventures did you do as a kid?
Who were your best friends as a child?
Where have you taken Troy’s bucket for safety, tapping out of the adventure?
Where have you kept pursuing the adventure?
What’s the difference between expectations and expectancy?
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Audio quotes performed by Britt Mooney, Paul McDonald, and Tim Willard, taken from Epic (written by John Eldredge) and Song of Albion (written by Stephen Lawhead).
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