That's just what I call it. My allergies kicked in last night just before the Taize service at church so I was pretty miserable. Trying to concentrate on anything spiritual, I sat in my seat and let the organ and the simple repetitions wash over me. My nose settled down finally and it ended up …
Good Friday
It was an ordinary event. People being beaten at the hands of oppressors, occupying forces in a middle-eastern land. Sure it was bloody, but what wasn't? Pilate must have hated the place, hated what it meant in his life, hated how it played havoc with his ambition. And now this, this Jesus person that the …
Thursday – The Last Supper
Tonight, I hope I remember to sit and think about John 13-17. Probably my favorite section of scripture, these four chapters seem to me to sum up Jesus' life and work. Back when I was performing The Jesus Monologue, when I came to this part of the play, I was inevitiably moved by the dramatic …
Daily Life Stuff
Since the weekend, the days have been packed. Saturday night, Anjie and I got a special treat. We went to Taproot Theatre's annual Gala at the Triple Door in downtown Seattle, where they unveiled the first plans for a new facility built on the property they own at 85th and Greenwood. It's a stunning conceptual …
Helmuth James Von Moltke
In the last chapter of Os Guinness' The Call, he opens with the story of Helmuth James von Moltke, a name I had never heard before. Moltke was a German official at the center of the underground resistance to Hitler during WWII, and a man who was eventually executed just months before the the end …
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