With Lent’s penance now just hours away, confession is in order. Here’s a mea culpa from me: When I was still preaching weekly, I sometimes relied too heavily on preachers’ magazines. I never lifted another…
An omnipresent, omnipotent source of strength with us, always, may sound familiar to Christians—but should it? O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the Expected of the nations and their Savior: Come and save us, O…
Fear of aliens was standing Imperial procedure, but God’s people are gloriously diverse. O King of the Gentiles and their Desired One, Cornerstone that makes both one: Come, and deliver us whom you formed out…
What would a Christian Jedi have to say to Anakin Skywalker about his fear of death? O Dayspring, Brightness of the light eternal and Sun of justice: Come, and enlighten those who sit in darkness…
What does Han Solo have to do with the harrowing of hell? O Key of David and Scepter of the House of Israel, who opens and no one shuts, who shuts and no one opens;…
Which offspring of royalty is an ensign for the people of the Galaxy Far, Far Away? O Root of Jesse, who stands as an ensign of the people, before whom kings shall keep silence and to whom…
The Gungans’ big boss is an unlikely reminder of what God is and isn’t like. O Adonai and Leader of the house of Israel, who appeared to Moses in the flames of the bush and gave…
How can you see Christ’s wisdom in a crazy old wizard from the Tatooine wastelands? O Wisdom, who came forth from the mouth of the Most High,reaching from one end to end, and ordering all things…
On the historic Christian calendar, today is Shrove Tuesday. The word “shrive” means “confess,” and so Shrove Tuesday is supposed to be an especially appropriate day for Christians to examine themselves and confess their sins,…
Arguably the most iconic “birth scene” in science fiction is the appearance of the Star Child in the closing moments of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Astronaut Dave Bowman is whisked through a kaleidoscopic, psychedelic…
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