Eternity

1/11/19

I am not a songwriter but I did attempt to write a song once, while I attended Azusa Pacific University as a transfer student back in 2001. The lyrics speak of a fellow transfer student who I became close friends with during the last few months of her life before a fatal car accident. (I actually sang and played this song on my guitar in APU at Upper Turner Campus Center for her memorial service.)

I caught you just yesterday

Praying and smiling at heaven.

I saw you just yesterday

Laughing and talking with your friends. . . .

And the way you lived your life – inspires me.

Oh, why did it have to be?

Now even God can see

How sweet and silly you can be.

And the way you lived your life – inspires me.

Oh, why did it have to be?

Now even God can see

How fesity and bossy you can be.

And the way you lived your life – inspires me.

Oh, why did it have to be?

Now even I can see

You’ll be loved for eternity.

You’ll be loved . . . for eternity.

“God Complex”

Chester Delagneau

12/21/24

Category: Cinema, Devotionals, Gospel, JESUS, Morality, Philosophy, Psychology, Scripture, Suffering, Theology

When Josh Brolin gave Thanos a humanity, it sent shock waves not only into the Marvel Cinematic Universe but also into ours. That is, when personified evil is torn over killing half the world’s population but sees it as a necessity, his character becomes believable, which is terrifying to watch. After accomplishing what he thinks…

If Jesus Took a Selfie

Chester Delagneau

12/16/24

Category: Cinema, Gospel, JESUS, Science and Religion, Suffering

THE SHROUD OF TURIN is the most investigated archaeological relic in history. If it’s real, it’s no trivial matter: the resurrection of Jesus Christ is supercharged with physical evidence. It’s no longer just a propositional truth claim found in scripture but measurable proof that can no longer be ignored. The linen shroud’s existence captures the light,…

Ready for Inspection

Chester Delagneau

11/5/24

Category: JESUS, Philosophy, Poetry, Spiritual Formation, Suffering, Theology

Kernels of gold sowed in sweat. Embodied husks designed to protect. Multicolored grain, a heavenly harvest. The plague in the Garden— one locust started— the Reaper ransoms to forget. A rotted ear only hears the screams of its own dissection, an eternity of introspection. Rows of corn restless with guilt. The cup of wrath…

Eternity

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