Hi everyone
Today in church my rector shared amongst the Gospel readings a story about Frozen which pricked my ears as I have seen this in the theatre. They gave me to go ahead to know that it was ok to see it as a Christian. I was unsure about the plot myself a bit.
I spoke to them and they shared with me their sermon which I cannot retell better than them, so will use their words. One of the sermons today was about Luke 14, the central message that we needed to put the Lord’s ministry first and still treat our neighbours with respect. The message I got from her pure words was-what is that you need to do to let go off in your life that will allow you to take up your cross and follow the Lord. After reading my rectors reply below, why not see my post on Christan art in my blog to try and bolster you through the colder months- https://www.racheltestimony.com/2025/09/some-of-my-favourite-christian-art.html
My church leaders words on Frozen/Jesus
I wonder if you’ve watched the children’s Disney film, Frozen? During my training to be a priest, all of the younger children in the theological college community kept singing the song ‘Let it go, let it go, let it go’ from the film, Frozen. In some senses those words “Let it go” tell you all you need to know – let go of the things we hold tight but which stop us from loving God and neighbour or get in the way of us deepening in love. I knew that it was Elsa, the main character in Frozen who sings this song, but I didn’t know any more. So one day when we didn’t have too many essays to write, a few of us decided to sit down and watch Frozen, which is an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Snow Queen”.
Elsa has powers over ice and snow but she doesn’t have proper control over them so they get her in trouble when she uses them in anger and fear and she flees – living a simple life alone much more happily – except she has left many people living in permanent winter and she doesn’t realise it. When Elsa is told that she has killed her sister by freezing her heart something reaches Elsa’s heart and she hugs her frozen sister who slowly thaws and survives. Elsa realises that love is the key to controlling her powers and she ends the winter and there is reconciliation between Elsa and her sister and between Elsa and the people. God isn’t mentioned directly but Hans Christian Andersen was a Christian and the theme of love’s strength and of sacrifice, of giving up that which we identify with really closely, or being ready to let go of it is crucia
See this Frozen song at the theatre for a reminder-
