20: Renewing Your Purpose through Family and Sacrifice (LOGAN)

How do we renew our sense of purpose when life feels meaningless? How do past and future generations inspire us to embrace our identities more fully? LOGAN, the final film in our fatherhood series, illustrates how family helps us find meaning in the sacrifices we make. We analyze LOGAN through the lens of archetypal storytelling, while providing insights from Joseph Campbell, Donald Miller, Viktor Frankl, Narrative Therapy Practices, and the Bible. Derrick also gets personal by sharing how this film awakened fatherhood within him. 

• Introduction (0:00)

• Crafting a Superhero Western (2:12)

• Parenting & Calling Forth Identity (7:56)

• Comic Book Myths in the Real World (28:07)

• Family & the Absent but Implicit Narrative (37:44)

• Symbolism & Sci-Fi Commentary (46:06)

• The Christ-like Sacrifice (51:15)

• Making Sense of Fatherhood, Death, and Our Stories (58:32)

• Conclusion (1:04:39)

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