I'm watching Dr. Who, the renewed program, specifically the 11th Doctor. The episode at the moment is The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone. In it the Doctor is working against the Weeping Angels with soldiers who are members of the Church in the future. The platoon leader is a bishop, the soldiers are clerics.
Somehow this appeals to me. The combination of strong faith fighting against spiritual evil, and strong men fighting against physical evil, makes me feel calm, secure, hopeful. In our real world there are both types of men, and both give me courage. I don't mean to ignore women, I'll get to them in another post. Right now I'm thinking through the idea of men, religious and military: trained in combat, dedicated to something bigger than themselves, outside of themselves. I don't need them, right at this moment, sitting here in the midst of a peaceful time. Though perhaps the peace is thanks to the prayers of the religious men, and by the efforts of the military men in the past.
So, I thank them both and all, for the safety in which I can sit here and watch a fictional show about religious warriors who are fighting monsters, and be entertained instead of frightened.
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