It certainly seems to the Borgen family that
religion is dead. Those who once
believed drift away or are adamantly opposed to the faith. Fundamentalists rise up against the
community, rejecting all social standards and morals. The only ones who truly believe are insane. Bitter arguments rise up between true
believers, causing hatred. All because
people firmly, certainly believe in God.
How can God truly be there, a loving, strong presence if there is such
doubt, such hatred?
But in the final moment, when all hope is
lost, something happens. Maybe it is
something that you can’t explain to others.
Maybe it is an event that someone would look at and scoff. But you know, you believe. Powerful, eternal love is real. And love cares for you and your own. This love is as real to you as the chair you
sit on, the sun in the sky. And that
one experience changes everything.
Religion may or may not be real. But that love that reaches across time and
space to meet your needs—that God is real.
And no one can take him away from you.
Fun Fact: Carl Theodore Dryer directed some of the great early films, such as The Passion of Joan of Arc and Day of Wrath. Ordet is one of the most influential spiritual films of all time, movies like the meditative Silent Light imitate it.
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