The Da Vinci Code - Just a Thought

Okay, Dan Brown's book about Jesus being married to Mary Magdalene and having a blood line that extends to today is the proverbial runaway bestseller and the movie's coming out May 19. The plot's not too likely, but some people are eating this thing up. Boycotts of the movie are planned by a lot of well intentioned Christian groups and other over the top detractors are having a fit about it. What they're going to do is anyone's guess, but we've heard from some of them in endless and sometimes mindless Letters To The Editor, rages in chat rooms, blog posts, and chain letter emails (make ten copies, pass them on and be blessed with abundant health for the next ten years). There are books about the Code, explanations for it, and a few unoriginal spinoff themed-tomes on sellers' shelves. Pulp media has tapped into the craze as well.

I look at it this way: it's causing some consternation, but hopefully it provides Christ followers with the opportunity to share their faith and the true essence of who Jesus is.

Read it for the entertainment it is and leave it at that. It's a NOVEL! Like everything else, the new will rub off and the popularity will fade. Jesus is going to be around long after the controversy goes away, so why sweat it?

Speaking of kids, that's Jesus in the photo above, doing what He did best: relating to people. Yes, these were kids, children, those beings that society has told us are better seen and not heard. Jesus didn't feel that way and bid them to come to him. He took the time to love them and invited naysayers who wanted to shoo them away home to back off. "Let them come, and don't keep them from me," he said. Matter of fact, He added that we should have the life approach and faith of children. They don't do a lot of deep thinking; they take what's told them on faith and run with it. Wouldn't it be nice to have a faith like that? I know we have to bring practical realities to the table, but have we tried to deep think ourselves out of the kingdom completely?