This Thanksgiving, Jesus series, The Chosen, is taking off. A box office movie is on the way. Dallas Jenkins, the director, is making headlines. TMZ and the Wall Street Journal ran stories on it. Season 3 is in progress.

This is a big deal because films about Jesus are rarely done with a quality that can compete with film standards we have all come to expect. But, this is well done. Camera work, writing, acting, and character development make the story feel alive. The audience can relate to the characters. Dallas’s whole concept was that we can understand Jesus by understanding the people who knew him.

Meanwhile, economy doomsayers sound the horn and the global COVID pandemic continues. Israel just added travel restrictions over the new Omicron variant. Dallas Jenkins thinks that binging on Jesus is the best way to pass time when holed up at home. May financial supporters and fans from around the world seem to agree.

Election

Marjorie Taylor Greene lays out demands for GOP House speaker vote if Republicans retake majority in 2022 // CNN

Monopoly, Corptocracy & Big Greed

Famed investor Jeremy Grantham says the next decline will be ‘bigger and better’ than anything in US history — here are 3 of his safe haven stock picks // Yahoo Finance

A Chipotle general manager and 4 of his employees quit after a surge of to-go orders drove them to their breaking points // Yahoo News

Pandemic

Israel bans foreigners from entering country to stop Omicron variant // Jerusalem Post

Fresh doubts over China’s ice hockey team for Beijing 2022 // SCMP

Biden restricts travel from South Africa and seven other countries starting Monday // CNN

Music & Entertainment

Dallas Jenkins Says Jesus Show is Just the Ticket During Pandemic // TMZ

Fans Pour Funding—and Faith—Into a Hit Drama About Jesus // WSJ