Mountains Beyond Mountains
First published
08/02/2020
Genres:
religion
Summary
We watched Disney’s The Mandalorian with our kids this summer, mostly thanks to the impossibly cute character The Child, aka “Baby Yoda.” Star Wars has always been pretty good at creating catchy trademark mantras, (“May the Force Be with You”), and this spinoff boasts at least two more little liturgical responses that have entered heavy rotation in the dialogues of my household. The first is a statement designed to stop sassy back-talk in its tracks: the authority figure simply responds to the little rebel, “I have spoken.”Argument over! (Well, that’s the goal anyway). The second is a bit less one-sided: "This is the way." The Mandalorians were once a mighty people. Like the People of God, they began as a race and have since become a creed. The remnant of Mandalorians lives by an unbreakable honor code, called “The Way.” Part of this “Way” demands the adoption and care of “foundlings,” or orphans, an obligation which ends up complicating the main bounty-hunter character’s life quite a bit. Yet he is reminded by an associate of his duty: “When one chooses to walk the way of the Mandalore, he is both hunter and prey. How can one be a coward if one chooses this way of life?" Our Mandalorian stands tall at the calling out of his honor. "This is the Way," comes his newly resolved reply. If you’ve been reading with us in the Soul Room this week, you’ll remember that as Paul is brought before a menagerie of pagan authorities to defend his life against the Jewish mob, he describes his manner of devotion to the faith of their fathers as… “The Way.” It was quite invigorating to read those scenes, the Mandalorian still fresh in my imagination, and then study our text for this Sunday. There we hear God’s words to Daniel as he thrashes about in his soul. When the prophet petitions the angels for more clarity about the future of Israel and his own place in it all, the Lord’s response, only barely paraphrased is, “This is the Way, Daniel. I have spoken.” End of discussion. And end of the Book of Daniel. I can’t wait to unpack “The Way” with you this Sunday! -josh
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St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC
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