Good morning!
Last night we reached back twenty years and re-watched Bruce Almighty.
You know, I've done my fair share of reviewing and critiquing films, especially those with religious elements, and a big part of that is always critiquing the parts with bad theology. But watching Bruce Almighty again I was very aware that the theology in it is actually quite good. One would be hard pressed to find anything to object to, theologically speaking (though chime in if you can think of something).
Maybe this is a topic for a future gathering in The Piazza or The Pub, but now I'll just say that sometimes it's hard to believe that only 20 years ago Hollywood could make a film that wasn't some anti-Christian attempt at brainwashing its audience. If you haven't seen Bruce Almighty, or haven't seen it in years, you should watch it (again).
It's an especially great film for anyone who is at a place in your life where you need a moment of "reset," to get out of your own head and see the big picture, and maybe reboot some priorities. Come to think of it, it would be kind of a perfect movie to watch on New Year's Day (you know, after you've watched It's a Wonderful Life).
I'm back, up and running, and ready to go - I should have a new JOURNEY episode within the next week or so - and because you are my loyal peeps, here is an exclusive, just-for-you, behind the scenes SNEAK PEEK into my new office:
This was for March 24th, recorded for the Ascension App
Thanks for your patience - here is our next installment of The Journey - it's session # 96, but I'm also calling it PART 1 of a "miniseries" on John chapter 6.
Whoever watches it first, please let me know if it looks good or if there are any problems with it - I get through the first two sections of the text on the feeding of the 5,000.
Enjoy!
I mentioned in The Journey that I wrote a song based on Isaiah 2, which is one of my favorite OT passages:
In days to come, the mountain of the Lord’s house
shall be established as the highest mountain, and raised above the hills.
All nations shall stream toward it. Many peoples shall come and say:
“Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, That he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths.” For from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations, and set terms for many peoples.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again. House of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!
I hope you like the song!
