Harry Potter and Jesus

Harry Potter is huge. He is global. He and his powers and his story are known by almost everyone everywhere and iinterest continues to grow. The proof is in the bazillion books sold, and highlighted this weekend by the opening of the latest movie, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

The anticipation was great for my 16 year old daughter Bethany who went to the opening last night (this morning) and made it home about 3:30 AM. This is on a school night and her mom is out of town. Is dad a softy or what?

Anyway. Despite his incredible popularity around the world and in my house, despite all that has been written, what I could tell you about Harry Potter would not even fill up a blog post. Why? Because I do not really have much interest in Harry, his magic, or his story. I don't have time, I don't consider it real and it has no relevance for me.

So what does this have to do with Jesus? I believe that there are a lot of people in this world who view Jesus the same way I view Harry. Jesus is not considered real and more significantly in some ways, He is not seen as relevant.

This made me ask the question, "what would it take for me to become interested in Harry Potter"?

I would need to be compelled to hear his story. I think this would happen through someone who is crazy about Harry telling me the story and taking the time to answer my questions. Maybe giving me my own book or taking me to the movie and explaining to me what I am about to see. Then after I've seen it answer my questions.

I don't know. It seems like I am on the verge of being very cliche. Maybe none of the above really applies or makes sense. However, thinking through this has given me greater insight about how some people may choose to ignore Jesus even though they are surrounded by His story.