by Terry Weber | Mar 23, 2012 | Featured
An actor steps onto a darkened stage. In moments, a soft light transforms the stage into a living room on a winter afternoon. The audience joins the actors by actively participating in the remembering of a story. Drama literally means action. In a drama,...
by Joe Jaynes | Jan 13, 2012 | Featured
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character … I have a dream today.” We all know these heroic words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoken on...
by Terry Weber | Dec 30, 2011 | Featured
Call me a nerd, but for me, there’s just something special about a verse like: “And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.” (John 1:5, KJV). It’s also significant (to me, anyway) that in the King James Version, in John 3:15, it talks...
by Joe Jaynes | Dec 16, 2011 | Featured
This article, written by Jackie Lane, was originally published in The East Tennessee Foundation newsletter. The WordPlayers is a Knoxville-based faith-based nonprofit whose mission is to “impact theater artists and audiences by telling stories from a Christian world...
by Joe Jaynes | Dec 9, 2011 | Featured
It’s that time of year again: the presents, the shopping, the gift-wrapping, and the last-minute shipping. We’ve all found ourselves in some variation of the process. But with the increase of online shopping over the past decade, why should we suffer through the long...
by Terry Weber | Oct 14, 2011 | Featured
When Terry Weber asked me to write a blog entry for the WordPlayers’ website, I said, “Sure!” Which is my typical response to just about anything asked of me by The WordPlayers. My involvement with this ministry over the years has meant a lot to...
