Last night, my mom reminded me...nineteen years ago today, my father died. My sister called me that afternoon (or was it morning), a call that was not unexpected, seeing as how I'd said my good-byes to him a couple of weeks earlier. Jimmy Joe Berryman (1934-1988) suffered from leukemia, and I'd been called to Texas …
Forty Hours
Part of my response to Henry Cloud's book Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality has been to look my work habits square in the eye. I am now keeping a log of what I actually do with my time from day to day. It's been eye-opening, to say the least. From reading …
Willow Creek, Dawkins, and Cloud
Last Tuesday morning, I flew back to Chicago to teach and perform at the Willow Creek Arts Conference. After a dip in last year's attendance, this year's conference attracted around 5000 from around the country, all of them involved in various ministries in their local churches. Musicians, actors, writers, dancers, technicians, and many of the …
Kids Performing
I spent the weekend watching my children perform. First it was Daniel in the opening show of the second weekend of Roosevelt High School's Thoroughly Modern Millie. It was a first class show by some sixty wonderful performers, and of course, I always enjoy watching Daniel sing and dance. Then Anjie and I caught a …
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Last night Roosevelt High School opened its annual musical, this year's offering being Thoroughly Modern Millie. A stellar cast provided a great two-and-a-half-hour show, with Sarah Schenkkan as Millie Dillmount and Daniel Berryman as Jimmy Smith. As you can imagine, I'm pretty proud of Daniel's work in the play. His acting has come a long …
JEFF BERRYMAN 