{"id":6007,"date":"2021-04-14T14:06:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T21:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/index.php\/blog\/archives\/"},"modified":"2021-06-11T14:31:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:31:45","slug":"life-and-god-is-like-a-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/index.php\/blog\/archives\/life-and-god-is-like-a-movie","title":{"rendered":"Life (and God) is Like a Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My new book introduces open and relational theology to the general public. The manuscript is currently in the review stage. But here&#8217;s an excerpt to give you a taste!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TIME<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Copy-of-Bison-in-Yellowstone-7-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Copy-of-Bison-in-Yellowstone-7-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Copy-of-Bison-in-Yellowstone-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Copy-of-Bison-in-Yellowstone-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Copy-of-Bison-in-Yellowstone-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Copy-of-Bison-in-Yellowstone-7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Copy-of-Bison-in-Yellowstone-7-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Copy-of-Bison-in-Yellowstone-7-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the digital age, movie-makers shot movies on film. A filmstrip comprising single images moved rapidly through a projector\u2019s light beam. Although images were static, each passed across the light giving the impression of movement on screen. Early on, movie buffs called this phenomenon \u201cmoving pictures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open and relational thinkers think life and living creatures are a series of moments whose flow comprise existence. Time\u2019s flow is fundamental, and even the divine life advances moment by moment. Like images moving across a projector\u2019s beam, so the moments of God\u2019s life and ours comprise the story of reality.&nbsp;(For more, s<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/index.php\/blog\/archives\/a-timefull-god-of-providence\" target=\"_blank\">ee my blog &#8220;A TimeFull God of Providence<\/a>.&#8221;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film and projector analogy breaks down in one way, however. The films we watch have been recorded, edited, and produced. A film director and producer pre-decided how the story would be told.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By contrast, open and relational thinkers believe each moment is created in <em>that <\/em>moment. The next frame is in the making, right now, and now, and now, and now. A host of actors \u2014 from God to humans to other creatures to the smallest entities \u2014 write the story of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re always \u201clive and in action!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CONCLUSION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I expect my book to be published this summer. I wrote it for people without theology degrees. I&#8217;m eager to see the influence it will have!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My new book introduces open and relational theology to the general public. The manuscript is currently in the review stage. But here&#8217;s an excerpt to give you a taste! TIME Before the digital age, movie-makers shot movies on film. A filmstrip comprising single images moved rapidly through a projector\u2019s light beam. 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