Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

The Catholic spirit of Star Trek…

Every Christian Star Trek fan recalls Stardate 4041.7. (That would be AD 2268 for planet-bound humans.) James Tiberius Kirk, valiant captain of the good ship Enterprise, in the midst of its five-year mission, came across planet 892-IV, a draconian 23rd-century version of the Roman Empire, complete with gladiators, senators and nefarious…