Today’s Family Feature Friday is “Meet the Robinsons”. It is rated G and runs 1hr and 34 min. It can be rented or purchased HERE. "Meet the Robinsons" (2007) was written for and made in honor of Walt Disney's death. As such, it can probably be considered the last Disney movie of that "Walt era".

Since then, most of the new Disney movies (with the exception of the Pixar ones) have seemed to have some sort of agenda behind their making. "Meet the Robinsons" is the definition of family friendly. It has a simple narrative with tons of excitement, but at the same time it delves deep into real human emotions. "Meet the Robinsons" is a story of two orphan kids trying to find their proper place in the world. They both long for family, acceptance, and purpose; the movie follows their discovery of these things.

Reflection Questions:
1. Lewis almost abandons his unique strengths because he became too afraid of failure. Are we sometimes afraid of being too unique? Do we sometimes avoid something good, just because there is a chance that it might not work out? How does FEAR keep us from doing good or great things? Do we let fear influence our decisions?

2. The following passage talks about fear and worry as it applies to physical items like food and clothes, but it can also be applied to things like fear and worry about rejection and failure.

Matthew 6: 25-34
"For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? “Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? “And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? ...You of little faith! “Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’ “For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
      “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

3. The theme of the movie is "Keep Moving Forward". How does this motto affect Lewis? ? What would have happened to Goob if he listened to the advice of this motto? Is the motto similar to the saying: "Fall down 8 times, but get up 9 times"? How does these motto's apply to the sacrament of Confession? What should we be trying to move forward to all the time? (A: many acceptable answers here like "God" or "becoming a saint")

4. We see two possible outcomes for the future of "Goob". What led to each of those futures? What does this say about free will? Is it possible that even someone like Hitler could have been a good person had he made different choices in his life? What was the deadly sin that Goob fell prey to? (A: Envy)

5. Sometimes, we can take things that we have for granted. But when we see other people who do not have those things that we take for granted, it can help us appreciate those things. Lewis did not have a family at the beginning. What should you appreciate about your family? Why did Lewis want a family? What did living with a family give Lewis? What does your family do for you?