Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Sex, Lies and Netflix

Dave and I have been binge watching Blue Bloods on Netflix.  It's a cop/family show.  Tom Selleck plays New York City police commissioner, Frank Reagan.  But the main thrust of the show has to do with his family, both his family of origin and the family he created.

The Reagans are a strong, good, Catholic family who, even with their busy lives fighting bad guys, still find time to have Sunday dinner together.  Well, they start out having dinner together but most of the time somebody storms off mad or gets called off to fight more bad guys.

The episode we saw last night had Reagan's dad (the former police commissioner) recommend to Frank that he lie to a young man about who his mother was in order to save the young man's good memories of his mom.  He used the example of his own dad (Frank's grandfather) who's deep flaws were hidden from Frank and others in the family.

However, in the end, Frank decides to tell the young man the truth.

On Sunday I will teach an adult Sunday school class and we'll talk about a family somewhat like this.  A bunch of good guys fighting bad guys for several generations - while also involving themselves in family intrigue, sex and lies.

It's not on Netflix.  It's in the Old Testament.



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