One of my fondest memories as a child was going to drive-in
movies with my parents.
My father was a John Wayne fan, so we went to Westerns
regularly. There was a strange sense of community in watching a movie along
with people in hundreds of other cars all parked in front of a giant screen.
Now that memory is becoming one of the iconic images of the
coronavirus pandemic. Churches are holding drive-in worship services where
members stay in their cars, watch the minister and screen in front, and listen
through their radios. And more and more people are finding drive-in theaters to
watch movies during stay-at-home restrictions.
CNN reports on this phenomenon, but in a generational sign of the times, the article must first explain what a drive-in theater is: “The drive-in experience allows people to watch a movie projected on a screen from the safety of one’s vehicle.”
Four months ago, who would have imagined that I would
writing on this subject today?
Hearing the surprising voice of God
In Acts 27 we find Paul and his missionary team traveling
toward Rome. It was the fall, a “dangerous” time of year to be
sailing the Mediterranean (v. 9). Nonetheless, “when the south wind blew
gently, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and
sailed along Crete, close to the shore” (v. 13).
However, it only took one verse for fair weather to turn to
life-threatening storms: “But soon a tempestuous wind, called the
northeaster, struck down from the land” (v. 14). The English Standard
Version Study Bible notes: “Such northeasters are extremely dangerous in
this region, appearing suddenly with violent, whirling winds caused by a
meeting of opposite air currents.”
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