Nature has a funny way of waking a person up. Lately, like yesterday and today, I have been cold. My hands are freezing, and my shoulders and neck feel like they are in an icy atmosphere. I’m sure this signals me to challenge my heart with cardio exercises to get blood moving. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. In my case, I think it is the other way around, the flesh is willing, but the spirit is weak. The honest truth is that neither the spirit nor the flesh are willing. What I need is a good dose of inspiration and motivation to move from my chairs and to force the blood in my veins to flow. Now, if you will excuse me, I have to take a short walk.
That question has been on my mind during the whole season of Lent. Not that it matters what God looks like because I’ll get to meet him sooner than later. If one believes the movies, he looks like many different actors. In the “Passion of Christ,” He looks like Mel Gibson; in “Chosen,” he looks like Jonathan Roumie. In both cases, the actors convincingly portray Jesus Christ and the viewer comes away believing they watched Christ die on the cross.
Yesterday, I finished watching the third season of Chosen and looked for Season Four. Sadly, it will only be available in movie houses during the next few weeks. I’ll wait for it to be released to streaming services and watch it in the comfort of my home. Chosen began as a crowd-sourced movie. That means it is financed by people who have seen it and want to see more. When I first started to view the episodes, I fell in love with the story. Why not? I am Christian, and the story is about our hero, the founder of Christianity. I bought into financing seasons two and three.
The Producer, writer, and director is Dallas Jenkins, the son of Jerry Jenkins, who authored “Left Behind” in 1995 and, more recently, “The Rapture.” Dallas does a credible job of making the Bible stories come to life with accurate depictions of life in or about the year zero. I recall my wife reading “Left Behind.” She tried her damndest to get me hooked on the series, just as she was. She read each volume non-stop and couldn’t wait for the next volume to appear. As I write this, it occurs to me that I should read the story myself and learn why she was so hooked.
What surprises me is that the son of a successful author should also become a successful author. How many father-son duo authors can you name? I am also enamored by the name Dallas for a son. Even though I would never have called my son Dallas, perhaps I will in another lifetime. I wonder what his nickname was? Dal, or Ass, or Dally?
I give the series “Chosen” five stars. If you are Christian you will love it. If you are not, you will still love it because it is a good story and well-produced.
It has finally occurred to me to check whether my readership is usual. Most bloggers are in it for the money, not me. I write to satisfy an inner drive to let my feelings be known. How do you feel about it? As an experiment, I ask my viewers to tell me how many views they get on their blogs per month. It is a simple survey. Please leave your number in the comment section below. If you don’t have a blog put in a zero “0”
The ides of March are here and Illinois Nature is waking up. Our grass is turning green, and the bare shrubs are popping with tips of green. Daffodils have been in bloom since the first, and our Magnolia shrubs about to pop.
