Pieces of April - 5

Sometimes a comedy and sometimes serious, this film points to human fallibility. This film deals in restorative relationships. Relationships are broken for all people because humans are a species that judges, mistrusts, is jealous, hateful, etc. We tend to characterize these due to our own self-interest, rather than trying embrace others in their weakness, as we hope to be embraced in ours. To actively work for good relationships, it is going to take a lot of grace. This means that at some point we are going to have to let the world, with all its foibles, in. Not a pleasant prospect, but needed if we are to love in truth. So, when visiting with family over the holidays remember, you're probably just as screwed up and in need of restoration as the rest of them.