Jesus

We're ready, Christ! Bring it!

It all started tonight.

Yes, I recognize the incongruency in that statement, the past tense "started" with future reference "tonight." But that's what it means to enter into the story of the Bible. In some sense, as the writers of Battlestar Galactice said, "All this has happened before; all this will happen again."

It's been a while since I've posted a video blog/podcast. Here's the next in the series of conversations with Dr. Reg Grant.

In this episode, he compares acting to Christianity.

The podcast is under five minutes

In A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving retells the gospel story in more modern times. In the beginning, you think Owen is a prophet of some sort, a voice of God, but as the story develops, you learn he's more than a prophet. He's a Christ-figure.

I've wondered, if Jesus' incarnation were today, not 2000 years ago, how would I respond? I've grown up comfortable with the ideas of the virgin birth and God and man. Irving creates a story that gives me a glimpse into this. How does the religious establishment react to a man like Owen?

Because she thought he was the gardener...

The Gardener hung on the cross to atone for the gardeners. On the third day, he rose from the dead, conquering the death and evil that swept through his garden.

He prunes us. He snips away the deadness.

He gives us life. We, the branches, suck nutrients, minerals, and the water of life from the Vine. The Gardener became the firstfruits of the resurrection for which the whole garden groans.

It groans.

We groan.