Wrangler Dani

Last night, we went to see Catching Fire in the theater. I noticed, as I looked around the theater, how many posters and advertisements were for modern mythologies – the Hunger Games, Middle-Earth, Thor, Captain America – we are surrounded and educated by endless stories of valor, courage and truth against all odds, saviors ransoming dying worlds.

These stories speak to us because they tell us something real about who we are and our place in the world. We know that there’s more to life than what we see at our fingertips, we know we’re called to serve something greater than ourselves, we know that life is more fragile, beautiful and complicated than it sometimes seems.

I love mythology, and the truth we discover within these stories. I love that I have a worldview in Christianity that explains and offers hope for our questions, and doesn’t force me to accept a far-fetched conclusion. I love that we have a God who revels in our storytelling, our playfulness, our questions, our creativity – that we can celebrate these stories to his Glory and give him thanks for the ways he speaks to us.