You must see this movie: Broken Trail

If all you want is a good 'ol western. . .good guys, bad guys, guns and fights, fancy horsemanship, mysterious cowboys. . .you will be completely satisfied with this movie. If you want more, you will get more.

We watched this Robert Duvall movie last night with friends. A flick we ran across during the endless channel surfing back when Bob first woke up from his virtual coma. How the west was lost. The global trade of horses and humans. Utterly despicable and stunningly sweet characters. And so many great lines like, 'You will not hurt the children, no sir.' Children destined for lives as high priced exotic celestials.

Love, loss, respect, redemption, justice, Prentis and so much more. Starting over and second chances. I didn't know Robert Duvall had so much heart and soul and depth. Is he a prophet? And his sidekick actor is brilliant too. Like I said before, our churches need more Thomas Haden Churches to recognize and right the wrongs with such decision and precision. Isn't that the whole point of Christianity? Isn't that the whole reason why Jesus came to save the world? To bring justice and mercy to an untamed world.

And just when you think all the wrongs are righted, at the end the tender character you love, Prentis Ritter says, 'You make me sound like a war profiteer.' And the disturbing thing is, he is, though he didn't know it until the end. Even more disturbing is you wonder if we all are. All unwitting collaborators in great global evil. And you again remember how much you need the mercy. Robert Duvall is amazing.

You must see this movie. See it alone or better yet with friends. It's 3 hours long so be sure to serve food. Or read the book. Then please comment on our message board on the right. We'd love to see your thoughts. We have this idea to write up a Bible study to go with it but Bob had to go and recover so quickly that we ran out of time. Still have a mind to do it, though. Would make a great church retreat, or adult session at Outlaw Ranch Family Camp.

Take good care.

Love, T