Stephen Collins

I know that I haven't posted in a while . . . please forgive me; I will try to do better in the future. I am still looking for a job and trying to get car insurance for Chris and I. We just got back from the GSP-area where we spent some time with Chris's parents and saw Furman beat App State. Last weekend Chris had a retreat and Kat came down and stayed with me; we ate Chinese and stayed up late and googled people we know; she introduced me to Facebook and www.addictinggames.com. Since then I have spent ridiculous amounts of time on those two websites. However, I also spend a ridiculous amount of time reading what's going on in the world via www.cnn.com. I was browsing the CNN website today and found an interesting article about Stephen Collins, who plays Rev. Eric Camden on 7th Heaven. On the tv show, Stephen plays a father of seven and the pastor of a local church. The article states that in real life people view Stephen as a pastor and therefore, he tries to maintain that "character" wherever he is, in the grocery store or at a resturant. Stephen works to keep his calm and not blow up when things get under his skin because he doesn't want to harm the reputation of the man he plays on tv. I read this article and began thinking about how much I blow up in real life and how often I fail to live the way Jesus calls me to. And here is a man who plays a preacher on tv (he may not even be a Christian in "real life" for all we know) yet he makes a conscious effort every single day to live the life he plays on tv; he does not want to tarnsih that reputation. As Christians there are times we don't even try to live the life we claim to have. Stephen Collins is an example to all of us who claim to follow Christ: we must live our lives in such a way so that those we meet in everyday situations will know that the live we life we claim to live.

*The article can be found at the following link:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/10/apontv.stephencollins.ap/index.html