The Bible Coming To A Screen Near You!

My inner child has come alive. I am so thrilled that Roma Downey and her husband Mark Burnett have made a mini-series on The Bible for the History Channel.

It starts this Sunday, March 3rd. The first episode will run from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Texas time. There will be ten episodes total, the last one, as I understand it, will be Easter weekend.

This is a wonderful video, but I couldn't insert it: Preview on History Channel's player

We're going to grab our usual Sunday night fare of popcorn, a hunk of white New York style cheddar cheese, fruit, cookies and ice cream. Our tradition started out in John's home when he was young. The TV was a special treat and was turned off most of the week. The McEwen children played outside, practiced their piano [mom being a piano and voice teacher] and had to be caught up on their homework. On Sunday evenings they got to watch the Wonderful World of Disney with a bowl of popcorn and some cheese as Sundays were a light day on activity.

The Huff clan watched a little more TV than the McEwens. One of my favorite shows was Lost in Space. I loved to see  what technology could do in that campy but futuristic series! So, to celebrate my childhood TV experience as well, we will come home from church having missed the first few minutes of the show, but we will fire up the DVR, a device I am sure the Robinson family would appreciate.

I will end with the beginning lines of Scripture, one of the most awesome, chilling and sobering narratives ever, Genesis 1:1-2. It is His story about our story...

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters..."