One of the most powerful passages in St. Paul’s epistles is from the second chapter of the letter to the Philippians: “Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus. Who, though He was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather He emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, He humbled Himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross” (2:5-6).
I like to watch old movies. Over the past several months, I’ve watched (or re-visited) a number of Alfred Hitchcock thrillers, some screwball comedies from the ’30s and ’40s, and a couple of film-noir classics. Recently, over the course of three evenings, I managed to get through the three hours and 40 minutes (yes, you read that correctly) of the 1956 version of “The Ten Commandments” with Charlton Heston.