The other week I watched the new Jurassic Park movie with our eldest son, and as soon as the movie finished (and it was ok by the way!) a curious thought entered my head. How many times has Jurassic Park been rebooted since the first movie in 1993?
There was the original, then the remake, now another reboot, and never mind the kids' Netflix series. I definitely think that velociraptors have now lost their sheen. I remember vividly watching that first movie and yet it has been rebooted more times than I have renewed my passport!
This is nothing new of course. Disney now recycles its own animations into live-action spectacles at a pace that barely allows children to outgrow the original before the remake arrives.
'Ordinary faithfulness'
Every generation of Christians is tempted by causes. Ours is no different. We long for something to rally around, whether …