Paul McDonald and Britt Mooney enter week 2 of the “Who am I?” series by diving into the documentary The Weight of Gold (2020) with Michael Phelps, Apolo Ohno, Shaun White, Lolo Jones, Gracie Gold, Katie Uhlaender, Bode Miller, David Boudia, Jeremy Bloom, Sasha Cohen, and, posthumously, Steven Holcomb and Jeret "Speedy" Peterson. We dig into the contrast between accomplishment and identity, and the difference between comparison and competition. We compare the weight of gold, the pressure of striving and chasing and fighting for our victories, with the CS Lewis essay the Weight of Glory. In it, we find that the greatest prize we can win is knowing who we are.
Join us as we discover God’s truth in this movie.
Questions
- What makes your sacrifices worth while? Medals/trophies? Something else?
- What does success mean to you?
- When do you feel like you are your accomplishments? Productivity? Schedule?
- Where does your worth come from (honestly)? Job? Roles? Work?
- If your accomplishments make you who you are, what do you do when you fall short?
- What do you believe will make you happy?
- How does our culture react to words as violence?
- Where do you feel “not good enough?”
- Where is your comparison trap? Job? Money? Vacations? Car? Free time? Kids? Wife? Friendships?
- Where do you feel like you’re failing?
- What desires have gone wrong?
- Who are you, outside of your roles and accomplishments?
- Do you feel more like a worthless failure, or a saint, a holy one? What does God call you?
- What would be your perfect lap? What race are you called to run?
- What does it mean to fight from victory?
- What does victory look like?
- Are you chasing applause in heaven or here on earth? What is the difference?
- How easy is it for you to ask for help?
- Where do you feel weak?
- Do you feel pitied by God or delighted in by God? What is the difference?
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
