The Cross and the pen

  A few weekends ago, we watched the 2019 rendition of the all-time classic the Lion King  as a family . And for the first time, I studied the key themes portrayed in the movie. There’s a saying that every artifact created by humans has a ‘smuggled’ in pointer that points to Christ and the redemptive story. The Lion King was not very different .    Theme 1: Stewardship of God's Creation   Mufasa, the lion patriarch, patrols the pride lands with his son Simba. While the young and enthusiastic Simba wants to see how he can use his power and privileges as a prince and future king, Mufasa tells him that his primary job is to protect. The Genesis accounts of creation, tells us of how God gave us this beautiful world to protect, nurture and have dominion over. The Psalmist in Psalms 8 says, “What is man that you are mindful of him? The son of man that you take care of him. You have made him a little lower than angels (gods). Not just protect, but God’s design from the...

Last year, Abisha had a minor accident which hurt her eye. It didn't look good and we rushed to the eye doctor. Thankfully, it was a superficial injury which the doc said would heal quickly. And since we were at the doctor’s, I got my eyes checked as well. After seeing my eye through a fancy looking machine, I was surprised when the doctor said I need to wear glasses. Of course my eyes did hurt sometimes when I sit in front of the screen for a long time, but glasses now? Anyway, he made me read the letters on the screen, as he kept changing the lenses. And voila, for a certain lens, the words and numbers looked surprisingly clearer than before. This bewildered me. I really haven't felt the need for glasses for more than 3 decades, do I need it now? I could read, drive, and recognise people in the distance without them.   I put off getting the new specs for a few months, but eventually, Abisha got one for me. It was time for me to try them on. On one side, I was excited like a ...