Men’s Leadership and Braveheart
January 7, 2010 by cloften
Filed under Bible, Church and Leadership, Family and Parenting, General Insanity, Silliness and Rants
I am putting together a series for our Men’s Leadership class that uses scenes from Braveheart. Something along the lines of Biblical lessons on servant leadership from Braveheart. I hate title. We’ll get a better one. As the series unfolds, we will put on cloften.com so people could go through it online or use it in other ways. Anyway, what are the most inspiring scenes from Braveheart for you?
When being pressured by his father’s friends to join the “cause”
William Wallace: I came home to raise crops, and God willing, a family. If I can live in peace, I will.
Really bucking the trend and the pressure.
Resolve and conviction I believe is one of the major themes of the movie. You see this especially in the contrast between Wallace and the Bruce. Thx Larry.
I will try to constrain myself to just ONE scene: After Wallace is knighted he gets confronted and rushed by several people arguing over their claims to the throne. Amidst the arguing, Wallace walks out and the nobles ask where he’s going. Wallace turns around and says, “There’s a difference between us. You think the people of this country exist to provide you with position. I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom. And I go to make sure that they have it” William Wallace- cutting through the crap with a claymore.