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It’s a well-known fact that Yours Truly often has his attention captured by old movies that seem to run around the clock on TV these days. When there is nothing much interesting on the major channels, I’ll flip around to see what else is on, especially late at night when my brain is operating at about 25%. More than I care to admit, I’ll frequently start watching something I’ve already seen. Such was the case last night. There it was: “Titanic.” (Spoiler alert: the ship sinks, the hero dies, the heroine lives.)
The ship itself was many things to many people. Among them, it was a vehicle to a new life. Many of the passengers, of whom some lived but most died, were immigrating to America in the hope of finding a better life. Hope sometimes hits icebergs and sinks, but sometimes hope does not. Sometimes our dreams and wishes for a future filled with better things than the past has so far yielded do in fact come to pass. In the case of said movie, the hero (named Jack!) dies: so much for hope. But the heroine, Rose, escapes a rather hopeless future of being betrothed to a monster of a man and she lives a full and happy life.
Hope is one of the pillars of Christian faith. Before Sunday morning rolls around, read—or simply recite to yourself—the 23rd Psalm. Then come to worship, in person or online, and I’ll preach this message: “Pillars of Life: Hope.”
A note: We are looking forward to having over 100 of you gather for our “How to Follow Jesus for Life” seminar after the 2nd service this Sunday. Registration is now closed, but I hope that we’ll offer it again someday!
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