I'll tell you where I am: I'm watching Lost. Best. Show. Ever.
There really isn't anything profound about this post. I'm just really enjoying the show this year - one of the few shows that I believe keeps getting better and better.
Last week we installed a new part-time pastor at our congregation. It's been awhile since I had heard that service, and I had forgotten one of my favorite bits, which comes as part of a question to the congregation:
"Will you regard him/her as a servant of Christ and a steward of the mysteries of God?"
Honestly, that's kind of a weird phrase: "a steward of the mysteries of God." I feel about it the way I feel about having earned a Master of Divinity degree - that's it's rather a stretch to imply that I have mastered Divinity in any way. Odd name. Same idea here: a steward of the mysteries of God. It's very Harry-Potter-esque. Actually, I think I love that phrase. Such a beautiful and bizarre and somehow, completely appropriate name for what pastors do (though we ought to remember we're not the only stewards around).
I think this is why I like Lost: because I like the idea of being a steward of mysteries. Nothing is more mysterious than this show. I love not having the answers. I love that each week ends with Beloved and I turning to each other and saying, " what the hell?" Good stuff.
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2 comments:
we're with you.
my favorite verse of scripture might just be "consider us in this way as servants of christ and stewards of the mysteries..." just wrote it in a journal this morning. was on my ordination invitation, read in my ordination service.
i might be getting a bit irritated with Lost, but i'll hang in there.
Yup, also loving Lost. Have you tried Fringe? Sort of like Lost meets X-Files. Pretty good stuff.
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