My dad gave the cue. The lights in the little theater went down. My mom opened the backstage door, and she and I sent fifteen kids and teens in blue shirts and cowboy hats filing out onstage. As the first notes of “Oklahoma!” rang out, I closed my eyes and pressed my fingertips together. Thank […]
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No Matter How Small
In the musical Seussical, one version of which our little theater company performed this summer, Horton the Elephant fights to save the tiny people on the miniscule planet of Who, so small that no one but Horton, the only one who can hear the Whos’ voices, believes it even exists atop his clover. During the […]
To Kill a Mockingbird
I sat in an Alabama courtroom Saturday night…in 1935. I watched a young black husband and father falsely accused of rape by a young white woman and her father. I watched as an unassuming lawyer courageously fought for the truth, so obvious but for the fog of prejudice. I watched with the lawyer’s children, Scout […]
The Strength of a Story
“Tell me a story…” “Once upon a time…” “There once was a man…” We humans are wired to hear stories. Perhaps this is because God created us in His image, and He is the ultimate writer of story—in history, in each of our lives, even in fiction through the parables of Jesus. I think all […]
Waiting, Part 2
Read Part 1 here. Today marked our first dress rehearsal for Seussical Jr. My heart swelled with gratitude as I listened to our Horton lead in prayer at the beginning of rehearsal and watched him and our Mr. Mayor throw themselves into their parts. It has been several weeks now since God brought them to […]