Recently Callie, Nettes & I went to see the Wizard of Oz at the mac with our church’s midweek house-group.. at the weekend! The colour sequences were amazing to see on the big screen. They have cleaned up very nicely. Callie was a bit scared of the Wicked Witch but I think she really enjoyed it. She recognised 'Somewhere over the rainbow' as we had just been watching a performance by Tori Amos on YouTube
Interestingly enough I was just stuck by what this film has to say on the topic of ‘leadership’.
Don’t be like the Wizard who is threatening and makes a show of his power but is really a little man hiding behind a curtain.
Who should we be like then?
Dorothy of course.
What a teenage girl as a model of leadership? A girl that is bewildered and lost in a world that appears to make no sense to her?
Yes. You see Dorothy doesn’t pretend to know any more than she does. She has been told that the Wizard may be able to help and that the yellow brick road leads to the Wizard’s emerald city. She is on a journey herself and invites others to join her, because if the Wizard might be able to help her, he might - just might - be able to help others too.
Perhaps we could all do with being a bit more like Dorothy.
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