{"id":34253,"date":"2023-11-20T11:53:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T19:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/?p=34253"},"modified":"2023-11-20T11:53:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T19:53:42","slug":"you-are-not-trash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/you-are-not-trash\/","title":{"rendered":"You Are Not Trash!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2221fe0d0aa8fa14430899fd44cdfbfe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34254\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2221fe0d0aa8fa14430899fd44cdfbfe-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2221fe0d0aa8fa14430899fd44cdfbfe-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2221fe0d0aa8fa14430899fd44cdfbfe-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2221fe0d0aa8fa14430899fd44cdfbfe.jpg 362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have you seen the Pixar movie <em>Toy Story 4<\/em>? One of the characters in this movie is Forky. Forky is a spork turned into a toy via a child\u2019s craft project. Forky does not understand his worth and thinks he is just a piece of trash. There is a montage in the movie where another toy, Woody, is constantly going after Forky to keep him from throwing himself away.<a href=\"\/\/340BCDCC-148C-44D3-A6A4-B338A6E1F618#_edn1\" name=\"_ednref1\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sheriff Woody keep Forky not go to the Trash | Toy Story 4\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dCZYsg_Ed9A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this short clip, the little girl who made Forky keeps looking for him. She has a look of love on her face every time she sees Forky and she is sad when she cannot find him. To her, Forky is not a piece of trash. He is a friend who goes on adventures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Looking at Jordan B. Peterson\u2019s book, <em>Maps of Meaning<\/em>, made me think of this scene and the interaction between Forky and Woody. Opening the over 500-page, tiny font book is somewhat intimidating. I must admit, I feel a little bit worthless like Forky feels when attempting to decipher the text. I decided the best way to approach this book would be to start with a Chat GPT summary. Chat GPT describes Peterson\u2019s book as, \u201ca dense exploration of the relationship between belief systems, mythology, and the human experience.\u201d<a href=\"\/\/340BCDCC-148C-44D3-A6A4-B338A6E1F618#_edn2\" name=\"_ednref2\">[2]<\/a>Dense is right. Where do I even begin? The key to this book is the exploration of how we make sense of the world around us. Glancing through the table of contents and the book shows that Peterson draws from a wide range of sources. He references the Bible, the ancient Mesopotamian creation myth, The Hero\u2019s Journey, neuroscience, and psychologists such as Freud and Jung, among many other sources.<a href=\"\/\/340BCDCC-148C-44D3-A6A4-B338A6E1F618#_edn3\" name=\"_ednref3\">[3]<\/a> He is a brilliant man and engaging speaker, as evidenced by his lecture series on the Bible.<a href=\"\/\/340BCDCC-148C-44D3-A6A4-B338A6E1F618#_edn4\" name=\"_ednref4\">[4]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Central to the book is the theme of the \u201chero\u2019s journey.\u201d<a href=\"\/\/340BCDCC-148C-44D3-A6A4-B338A6E1F618#_edn5\" name=\"_ednref5\">[5]<\/a> Peterson writes, \u201cThe hero creates order from chaos and reconstructs that order when necessary. His actions simultaneously ensure that novelty remains tolerable and that security remains flexible.&#8221;<a href=\"\/\/340BCDCC-148C-44D3-A6A4-B338A6E1F618#_edn6\" name=\"_ednref6\">[6]<\/a> Many stories show this transformation of chaos to order. Even the example of Forky is a creation of order (the toy) from chaos (the random trash used to create Forky). Woody is hero of this story. He is the one to bring the random trash to Bonnie (the child who creates Woody). He later helps Forky to create order in his chaotic mind. Throughout the Toy Story series, Woody is the leader of the toys, the one who brings them together and keeps them on task.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The story of Forky represents the themes of Peterson\u2019s book, which, \u201cencourages readers to grapple with the profound questions of existence and the role of belief in navigating the complexities of life.\u201d<a href=\"\/\/340BCDCC-148C-44D3-A6A4-B338A6E1F618#_edn7\" name=\"_ednref7\">[7]<\/a> Forky goes through this experience, questioning his existence. He eventually settles into his role as Bonnie\u2019s new favorite toy.<a href=\"\/\/340BCDCC-148C-44D3-A6A4-B338A6E1F618#_edn8\" name=\"_ednref8\">[8]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">I can relate to Forky, to feeling worthless, of being nothing more than trash. I have gone through that existential crisis and have thought the world would be a better place without me. It is in only Jesus that I have found my worth, that I have come to the other side of the chaos. As Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 3:4-5, \u201c<strong><sup>4\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Such confidence\u00a0we have through Christ before God.\u00a0<strong><sup>5\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Not that we are competent in ourselves\u00a0to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.\u201d The journey through the chaos is not easy, but so worthwhile. May we all remember the words that Woody repeats to Forky, \u201cYou are not trash!\u201d<a href=\"\/\/340BCDCC-148C-44D3-A6A4-B338A6E1F618#_edn9\" name=\"_ednref9\">[9]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/340BCDCC-148C-44D3-A6A4-B338A6E1F618#_ednref1\" name=\"_edn1\">[1]<\/a> <em>Toy Story 4<\/em>, directed by Josh Cooley (2019, Pixar).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/340BCDCC-148C-44D3-A6A4-B338A6E1F618#_ednref2\" name=\"_edn2\">[2]<\/a> ChatGPT https:\/\/chat.openai.com\/c\/dd58723d-0216-4f5a-87f2-803f98e6a9f1<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/340BCDCC-148C-44D3-A6A4-B338A6E1F618#_ednref3\" name=\"_edn3\">[3]<\/a> Jordan B. Peterson, <em>Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief<\/em>. (New York: Routledge, 1999), v.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/340BCDCC-148C-44D3-A6A4-B338A6E1F618#_ednref4\" name=\"_edn4\">[4]<\/a> Jordan B. Peterson, \u201cLecture: Biblical Series II: Genesis 1: Chaos &amp; Order,\u201d YouTube video, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hdrLQ7DpiWs&amp;list=PL22J3VaeABQD_IZs7y60I3lUrrFTzkpat&amp;index=2 .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/340BCDCC-148C-44D3-A6A4-B338A6E1F618#_ednref5\" name=\"_edn5\">[5]<\/a> ChatGPT https:\/\/chat.openai.com\/c\/dd58723d-0216-4f5a-87f2-803f98e6a9f1<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/340BCDCC-148C-44D3-A6A4-B338A6E1F618#_ednref6\" name=\"_edn6\">[6]<\/a> Peterson, 91.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/340BCDCC-148C-44D3-A6A4-B338A6E1F618#_ednref7\" name=\"_edn7\">[7]<\/a> ChatGPT https:\/\/chat.openai.com\/c\/dd58723d-0216-4f5a-87f2-803f98e6a9f1<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/340BCDCC-148C-44D3-A6A4-B338A6E1F618#_ednref8\" name=\"_edn8\">[8]<\/a> <em>Toy Story 4<\/em>, directed by Josh Cooley (2019, Pixar).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/340BCDCC-148C-44D3-A6A4-B338A6E1F618#_ednref9\" name=\"_edn9\">[9]<\/a> <em>Toy Story 4<\/em>, directed by Josh Cooley (2019, Pixar).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you seen the Pixar movie Toy Story 4? One of the characters in this movie is Forky. Forky is a spork turned into a toy via a child\u2019s craft project. Forky does not understand his worth and thinks he is just a piece of trash. 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