Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, were the first celebrities to make global headlines as coronavirus patients. Now fully recovered, Hanks hosted NBC’s Saturday Night Live from his home last weekend.
Wearing a suit while standing in his kitchen, Hanks said, “It is a strange time to try and be funny, but trying to be funny is SNL’s whole thing, so we thought ‘What the heck!’” He joked that since being diagnosed with coronavirus, he has become “more like America’s dad than ever before” because no one wants to be around him and he makes people uncomfortable.
Andrea Bocelli’s amazing gift
Tom Hanks is just one celebrity using his platform to help in these difficult days. Andrea Bocelli is another.
His “Music for Hope” concert from Milan’s historic Duomo cathedral is one of the most moving videos I have seen. Often described as having the most beautiful voice in the world, Bocelli sings “Ave Maria” and “Sancta Maria” in front of a single microphone, accompanied only by the cathedral’s organist. His concert closes with a rendition of “Amazing Grace” I’ll not forget.
The renowned singer, who has been blind since the age of twelve, explained the purpose behind his concert: “I believe in the strength of praying together. I believe in the Christian Easter, a universal symbol of rebirth that everyone, whether they are believers or not, truly needs right now.”
His words speak to the hunger of the human heart for God, a theme that is being illustrated in many ways every day across this pandemic. The darker the room, the more compelling the light.
When we are afraid of offending others
One of the perennial fears Christians face is that we will offend those with whom we seek to share our faith. Intolerance is the cardinal sin of our age. A culture that considers all truth claims to be subjective and…
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