Man it's been a long time since I've blogged. Too many things to do, too little time. Writing is so painful nowadays anyway with my mystery condition.

Anyway, I want to say something about Harry Potter. I am a huge advocate of these books, and I recommend them to anyone. I have to say I get quite a bit of criticism from fellow Christians about the fact that I read it. So many hear the word 'witch' and automatically throw the whole thing into their 'evil box'. It's a sad thing. I find so many Christians lack critical reasoning skills, and live their lives according to superstition and rumor. Well... that's a well known fact amongst unbelievers I'm afraid to say.

As I read the final chapters of the last Harry Potter novel, which came out in July, I was absolutely astounded as I found a very powerful allegory to the message of the gospel! I couldn't believe that J.K. Rowling is not a Christian! I thought that perhaps the message of Christ is such a powerful idea that it's bound to pop up in many great stories, but it seemed much too obvious. Love conquered death through selfless sacrifice.

Of course as most of you probably now know, it's become public knowledge that J.K. Rowing IS indeed a Christian. She didn't want the masses to know about her beliefs because it would have caused so many to stop reading, and many to guess what was coming up. Wow... she has had to endure so much slander from the church over the last 10 years! But anyway, it is clear now that it WAS an intentional allegory! Amazing! Simply ingenious!

Millions of people all around the world have read and been touched by the end of this story. Millions of people have been exposed to the concepts of the gospel in a way that they would be interested in, and accept, not even realizing what it was alluding to. What a way to pave the way for the real gospel message! Way to go Rowling!

I think God is speaking to the world through Harry Potter. And what a disruptive way to do it. The whole body of Christ is reeling at the idea! I love it.

The whole message of the stories was that true power is not in our abilities (or magical skills). Harry Potter was a rather mediocre wizard after all. But it's all about our character, our choices, and our ability to love. As Dumbledore always said, love is the most powerful force in the universe!

SPF