There's No Place Like Home!

Frank L. Baum wrote the Wizard of Oz in 1900 and it became a broadcast TV tradition in 1959. When I watched it for the first time at 10 years old, it became my favorite movie (once I got over the unsettling scene of the flying monkeys). Our family would not miss this wonderful annual fall tradition. Each of the characters—Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion—have their own personalities and individual needs, much as we do in our lives.I’ve taken the liberty of using these fun-loving characters from The Wizard of Oz as a means to introduce the Gospel of God’s Grace within the Scriptures. Let’s take a closer look.DorothyDorothy is filled with childlike curiosity. She’s always searching for something “somewhere over the rainbow”—far away from life’s problems. But throughout the movie, she’s eager to return home.Are we like Dorothy? Life’s journey may be filled with many fun adventures, but afterwards do you know for sure you’ll be home, safe with God in Heaven forever? If yo