Eli Stone...

Mark and I watched a new show last night, after the "Lost" premiere, of course...its called "Eli Stone" and I have to admit, it was pretty interesting. It tells the story of a corporate lawyer who has spent his life defending big corporations taking down the "little guy". He starts hilucinating, first that he hears George Michael's song "Faith" and then he even ends up seeing George Michael both in his living room and at his office...he has a series of other visions which do end up having a medical reason, but also possibly spiritual reasons

Through these experiences, he realizes that he maybe hasn't become the man that he set out to be and that perhaps he needs to make some changes. He starts by representing a woman, who he happens to have a strange connection with, that his firm was previously opposing in court...I really loved the premise and the originality of the situations.

At one point, Eli is talking to his acupuncturist after he gets his medical diagnosis and is discouraged because he felt that maybe his visions had some spiritual significance which was now diminished by the medical explanation he was given. His acupuncturist tells him that most things have both a scientific and a spiritual explanation...but its up to us which explanation we believe. I thought it was a great show and I'm always interested when Hollywood comes out with these types of shows...I wouldn't call it "Christian" per se but the spiritual messages are clear and interesting. (I'm not saying it was clean or appropriate for the whole family, so don't criticize me for recommending it...) I think you can watch full episodes of it on ABC's website if you're interested....