To Boldly Go -- FPC sermon excerpt
For fans of Spock and Captain Kirk, the future begins on Friday, May the 8th.
There is a new Star Trek movie hitting the theaters this week, and I’m looking forward to it. I was obsessed with Star Trek when the original series appeared briefly on TV in the 1960s, and have watched on and off in the decades since. This new movie is an origins film — it goes back to the time when James T. Kirk was a young man, enrolling at Starfleet Academy. Far from being the captain of the Enterprise, Kirk just barely makes it onto the starship for a journey into space. Then, when the ship’s captain is forced to step down, it is Spock who is left in charge of the bridge — with Kirk as his assistant.
For die-hard Trekkies, this role-reversal will take some getting-used-to.
Still, the film promises to be a blockbuster, with a dramatic invasion of Spock’s home planet by evil Romulans from the future. You’ll see all your favorite characters, at the beginning of their careers: Scotty, Bones, Chekov, Uhura. And since Scotty manages to invent time travel as part of his engineering duties, you’ll see some familiar old friends as well. Leonard Nimoy, the original Spock, manages to travel back in time to be part of the story.
If you like this pointy-eared character young or old, you’ll probably think the movie is …
Spock-tacular.
And for those who are uncomfortable with change, don’t despair. Ben Child of The Guardian (November 11, 2008) reports that some things remain the same. As is always true in Star Trek, “wearing red is still likely to reduce your life expectancy by several decades.” You never want to be Star Trek character in a red shirt.
So here we go, on a journey from the very beginning of Star Trek history. We have the familiar characters. The close-knit community. The sense of idealism and adventure. The desire to boldly go where no one has gone before.
It’s kind of like the Acts of the Apostles. This New Testament book contains stories from the earliest days of the church, with the well-known characters Peter, John, Stephen, Paul, Philip, and Lydia. It is a book of origins, including the events that launch the greatest spiritual adventure of all time.
There is a new Star Trek movie hitting the theaters this week, and I’m looking forward to it. I was obsessed with Star Trek when the original series appeared briefly on TV in the 1960s, and have watched on and off in the decades since. This new movie is an origins film — it goes back to the time when James T. Kirk was a young man, enrolling at Starfleet Academy. Far from being the captain of the Enterprise, Kirk just barely makes it onto the starship for a journey into space. Then, when the ship’s captain is forced to step down, it is Spock who is left in charge of the bridge — with Kirk as his assistant.
For die-hard Trekkies, this role-reversal will take some getting-used-to.
Still, the film promises to be a blockbuster, with a dramatic invasion of Spock’s home planet by evil Romulans from the future. You’ll see all your favorite characters, at the beginning of their careers: Scotty, Bones, Chekov, Uhura. And since Scotty manages to invent time travel as part of his engineering duties, you’ll see some familiar old friends as well. Leonard Nimoy, the original Spock, manages to travel back in time to be part of the story.
If you like this pointy-eared character young or old, you’ll probably think the movie is …
Spock-tacular.
And for those who are uncomfortable with change, don’t despair. Ben Child of The Guardian (November 11, 2008) reports that some things remain the same. As is always true in Star Trek, “wearing red is still likely to reduce your life expectancy by several decades.” You never want to be Star Trek character in a red shirt.
So here we go, on a journey from the very beginning of Star Trek history. We have the familiar characters. The close-knit community. The sense of idealism and adventure. The desire to boldly go where no one has gone before.
It’s kind of like the Acts of the Apostles. This New Testament book contains stories from the earliest days of the church, with the well-known characters Peter, John, Stephen, Paul, Philip, and Lydia. It is a book of origins, including the events that launch the greatest spiritual adventure of all time.
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