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Blue Bloods

by Tommy Deal

There are TV shows that I have come to enjoy, some for their content, some for their humor, and mostly all for their entertainment. Those which are my “favorites,” I set up the DVR so I don’t miss them.

Blue Bloods, starring Tom Selleck, is one of my favorites. It is a typical cop show set in New York City. It is about somewhat real stories of real people in the profession of law enforcement in the big city.

The episodes are centered around a family who is involved in every level of crime fighting. One son was a rookie cop and has now become a Sergeant. Another is a tenured detective. One son died in the line of duty and the daughter is a prosecutor in the District Attorney’s office. The father, played by Selleck, is the Police Commissioner. Oh, and if that isn’t enough, his father is a retired police commissioner.

What I have come to look forward to in each episode is when the entire family gathers together around the dinner table at their father’s house. There is normal sibling banter going on, inquisitive young children trying to figure out some of the “code talk” the adults are using, and Grandpa usually offering calming words. What impresses me most is that they are being a family.

Some of my favorite family memories revolve around the family dinner table. Whether it was at Grandmamma and Granddaddy Daniel’s on Sunday afternoon, the Deal clan coming from all over to the Deep Creek Community Hall, or at Mom and Dad’s, eating a meal together brought us together. We would joke, share stories, and learn about our family history. I also learned I was accepted and loved, and that everyone around the table was part of my family.

The Blue Bloods family argues over how to uphold the Law, and sometimes disagree profusely. Although, one thing is sure: differences do not divide them. No one is divorced from the family because of their expressed opinions, views on how the world revolves, or who is in an elected office.

I wish I could say that is true for my family.Although, I am not thinking of my family of blood and marriage. I am thinking of my faith family. I have witnessed too many occurrences when brothers and sisters who feast at the same table of our LORD Jesus Christ differ on issues of politics or interpretation of Scripture. Sometimes, we grow from these dialogues and get up from the table still apart of the family.

However, there are times that sadden our LORD as He watches His family differ on issues in which they cannot continue to love one another, cannot accept someone who is different than themselves, who cannot fathom that someone who believes “that way” can really be a Christ-follower. In essence, they subscribe to the “divorce-is-the-only-solution” philosophy and our collaborative witness to a world needing Grace is too often lost.

Isn’t the Christian faith built around blood? Haven’t we heard: “blood is thicker than water?” How is it that these Blue Bloods exhibit how to live with differences better than those of us who are washed in the red blood of Jesus Christ?

Abba! Father! Help us be family!

About The Author Rev. Tommy Deal is a former hospice Chaplain with Hamilton Hospice in Dalton, Georgia. After almost forty years of ministry for him and his wife, Rev. Susan Deal, have just moved to Virginia to be near their children and grandchildren.

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