Good Will Hunting with Paul McDonald and Britt Mooney

2022-05-27

This week on the Men at the Movies podcast, we try out our Boston accents and talk about Good Will Hunting starring Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Minnie Driver, and Ben Affleck. Like Will, we have an amazing gift, but the pain of our past leaves us incapable of using that gift in a way that matters. We were created to desire two things: intimacy and purpose; but we can’t pursue our purpose without being grounded in intimacy. Thankfully, Will had Shawn, Skylar, and Chucky to help him navigate through the brokenness to find healing and r...

Questions

Where do you have an illusion of a safe little life?
Where are you being invited to give it a shot, venture into the unknown?
What are you afraid that others will find out/think about you?
Who plays the different roles in your life? Shawn? Skylar? Chucky?
Which roles do you play in the lives of those around you?
Who thinks more highly of you than you do?
How are intimacy and purpose linked?
Where do you find purpose?
How is intimacy fostered? With whom?
Who inspires you? In what way?
How can you inspire others?

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Edited and mixed by Grayson Foster (https://graysonfoster.com/)

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).

Southerly Change performed by Zane Dickinson, used under license from Shutterstock

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