^{‘ 19} Here is the judgment. Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light. They loved darkness because what they did was evil. ²⁰ Everyone who does evil deeds hates the light. They will not come into the light. They are afraid that what they do will be seen. ²¹ But anyone who lives by the truth comes into the light. They live by the truth with God’s help. They come into the light so that it will be easy to see their good deeds.’ John 3:19-21

Even though I am not in any way a film buff, I am familiar with the actor Christopher Lee. He is a name associated with a particular genre of film- horror movie. The journalist Aidan Radnedge reporting in the Metro, June 12 writes,

‘In His most famous films, he rose from the dead. But mortality eventually claimed horror film actor Sir Christopher Lee, who died aged 93. ... he was hailed as a ‘titan’ of British cinema who became famous as Dracula and enjoyed a career renaissance playing the evil wizard Saruman in the Lord Of The Rings.’

Here is a man, an actor, who spent made a career out of playing characters associated with the ‘dark’ side. You can imagine my surprise when. I found out that he was a devout Catholic. In many interviews, which are out there in print or video on the Internet, Lee describes himself as having a sincere faith although he never spoke of it in any depths.

Is my life - is YOUR life any different in the manner that we act one way like our life was a play, when we believe something totally different?  I find it difficult to reconcile the fact that although clearly a paid actor Lee spent his whole life acting one way whilst believing in private another. The extremes of how we live our lives may not be this dramatic but it should give you food for thought.

The Winans sing ‘Bring back the days of yea and nay’. Click on the picture to listen.