Reasons to Share ‘The Greatest Showman’ with Your Kids

• The closing song, “From Now On,” could have been pulled straight out of  Ecclesiastes. P. T. Barnum (Jackman’s character) mourns the loss of his business and potentially his family. Pondering his wife’s scathing yet (tough) loving words, and then the encouragement of his faithful troupe, he considers the motivations that sent him down that destructive path:

I drank champagne with kings and queens
The politicians praised my name
But those are someone else’s dreams
The pitfalls of the man I became
For years and years
I chased their cheers
The crazy speed of always needing more

The more I listen to (and memorize) the soundtrack, the more truth I hear. My kids love the music, too—some of them may or may not have been caught dancing around the house to it—creating natural opportunities to discuss the message of any particular song and its accompanying segment in the movie. So. much. fun. for this mama who wants to instill biblical truth into the hearts of her kids.

All truth is God’s truth. We can always find it in the Bible. But we can often discover it in the arts, and sometimes even through Oscar-nominated movies or our car speakers. We just need to keep our eyes and ears open.

And, if you see me on the highway performing my own personal concert from the driver’s seat . . . don’t judge. Try it yourself!