Re-working sermon title: Superman ' R ' us?
Or ... maybe the gospel question is not "superheroes or not", but how we understand and live out superheroism.
Is it a capital-S Superhero we need and that Jesus is, like the Lone Ranger, Superman, Batman or Pale Rider -- singular, mostly invincible, showing up to save the day when we mere mortals are hopelessly overwhelmed?
Or is it that we all (including a raccoon and a tree) are called and gathered by a very vulnerable Starlord to become the motley band of misfits known as Guardians of the Galaxy, each of us contributing our own strange gift to the mix?
Although, even with this, there is still that perennially annoying question of just what are our proper weapons as we go about guarding the galaxy. What sorts of "weapons" will actually save, rather than merely perpetuate the threat to the galaxy's well-being? Maybe that's where we especially look to our particular starlord for direction, and we need to choose our starlord carefully.
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