Harry Potter

Okay, so what do you think about Harry Potter? We've had believing (as in Christian) friends who thought they were evil books because of the witchcraft. We've had many other believing (as in Christian) friends who had no trouble reading them or allowing their children to read them. I can certainly understand both perspectives, though I have personally come down on the latter side.

The upcoming movie will undoubtedly make tons of money for the producers and for J.K. Rowling. Not that she needs any more. She is already fabulously wealthy.

I just discovered that the finale will be in two parts. The first comes out at Thanksgiving. The second will be in cinemas next July. The movie trailer is below.




When Harry Potter first became popular, I remember thinking of it as nothing more than a glorified kids book series. I didn't understand the rage. My wife was the first in our family to read one of them. I probably started paying attention to them about halfway through the series. From my perspective, the first couple of books are lighter and almost more childish. But the latter books are not children's books. They are serious stories that provoke deep thought. They have a tremendous power to engage the reader in a way that few books do.

Certain elements of these stories probably should give Christians pause. As a whole, however, there is much good in the Harry Potter saga. Should churches dialogue about major cultural phenomena like this upcoming movie? Or should we ignore them?

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