In my process for creating content to be posted here on The Right Thing, I normally vacillate between devotional material and humorous/entertaining material. This week’s hit is a little of both.

A couple of years ago, my brother and I took the opportunity to see the play “Screwtape” in an off-broadway theater. It was amazing. The play is of course based on C.S. Lewis’ classic book “The Screwtape Letters” in which an arch-demon named Screwtape writes a series of letters to his young nephew, a junior demon who is learning to tempt a young Christian.

I have read and re-read it, and it both blows my mind and gives me chills each time. Lewis has been dead for several decades, but he still has a lot to say to us.

This is a short clip of Max MacLean’s masterful performance. Apologies for the preceding advertisement. Rest assured that what follows will be worth your enduring 30 seconds of bauble hawking by whoever is paying CNN.

And for those unfamiliar with this work, bear in mind that we are seeing the other side of the mirror here. So when Screwtape refers to “our father” he means the Devil, and when he refers to “the enemy” he means God.

Enjoy. And beware the gentle slope, soft underfoot.

For this week’s dose of The Right Thing, it is my sincere hope that you can groove on this: maybe the most creative music video I’ve ever seen.

Enjoy!!

ps – Props to my man Nathan Lee for the heads up on this.

I’ve been thinking about my office lately. About how much I like it. I’ve got a lot of cool stuff in my office. My desk is an antique bankers’ desk, rescued from a dumpster on wall street and professionally refinished compliments of a wealthy businessman from our congregation.

My walls display my license plate collection. 30 different states and counting, as well as several countries including Russia, Thailand, Cambodia and (my personal favorite) Afghanistan. ** If you have a license plate from somewhere cool in your garage, this is your invitation to HOOK ME UP!!!

My book shelves contain all kinds of cool toys and knick knacks. My favorite recent addition is a working sony cassette walkman which I got at Selden Thrift for $3.

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Yes.

This is how I roll.

Thanks to Jerry Novick for the heads up on the clip.

Enjoy.