Video of the Day: Clip from Season 1 “Joan of Arcadia”
Bible Verse of the Day:
For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. 8 If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. 9 For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living, Romans 14:7-9.
Biblical Connection:
Amber Tamblyn plays Joan Girardi who was raised in a Catholic Church. After Joan’s older brother was paralyzed from the waist down, she had a crisis of faith until God began to speak to her during her junior year of high school. Still a novice at sharing her faith, Joan becomes a babysitter for a young boy who has a severe medical condition. Joan uses Rocky’s obsession with death as an open door to share her personal experiences with God.
When I was Joan’s age, I often stumbled when talking about God. I was an infant Christian trying to figure things out on the fly, leaning on my friends from the Fellowship of Christ Athletes to help me grasp the new relationship that I entered into as a sophomore in high school. Several fatal car accidents and two suicides led me to depressing funerals early on in life. This is what inspired me to find out what the Bible says about death and how Jesus’ resurrection ties everything together.
Closing Song:
Despite my successful rise as an athlete, I spent several years in school as a loner. When I got serious about my faith, this separated me further from my peers. However, the deaths of friends prepared me for my first sermon during Lay Witness Mission weekend in college as I used these life expressions as an open door to talk about God.
by Jay Mankus
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