Netflix’s Stranger Things oozes with activity from a dark underworld (not to mention 80s nostalgia). Another dimension has broken into the ordinary town of Hawkins, Indiana. This dimension has found within Hawkins a portal from which it pours forth death, terror, and an insatiable appetite for destruction. The Church, as seemingly ordinary as Hawkins, Indiana, is a portal to another dimension. But unlike the dread and destruction that comes upon the residents of Hawkins, the Church is a portal to a supernatural force of healing, restoration, forgiveness, and love.
I’ve written about it all over at Mere O. Click here to read.