WHITE CHRISTMAS

What Are We Waiting For? It snowed once on Christmas Day — in 1986. Of course, I lived in Florida, which made it far more interesting. It was by no means a “white Christmas,” merely a flake here and there. But I bundled up like an Eskimo and went outside and...

HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD

The Problem of Protagonism I did not set out change the world because I thought I could or should, but because it seemed to be my duty as a Christian. It never occurred to me when I was a younger man that this was a false notion until I was given reason to question...

IN THESE DARK STREETS

The Making of an Advent Musical Over two thousand years ago, some things happened that shaped all of our lives. Jesus happened. He happened in the way that he meant to happen, and not as people expected. He happened in a way that forsook his universal royalty as the...

WHEN HEALING HURTS

Should Christian Theatre be more edgy? (A closing) No one would argue that hiding a wound is a good way to heal it. But, that doesn’t mean that slathering various ointments over a wound are the answer either. It has been said that some types of Theatre Arts like...

RIGHT, OR BANISHED

Should Christian Theatre Be More Edgy? (a follow up) Ninety-three million miles from here there is a giant burning ball that, when the earth rotates just so, looks like it’s coming up out of the horizon and blazing it’s way through the blinds and onto the bedroom...

The Knowledge of Good and Evil

Should Christian Theatre Be More Edgy? There’s a little piece of fruit with a bite taken out of it on the back of the device that my friend can’t seem to put down.  On the internet, one can access any translation of the Bible, or instructions on how to make things...