My heart is overflowing with gratitude this morning, as I share good news with you. We hear much bad news in the world; today I have three good news stories. Good News from Cookeville, Tennessee One hundred seventeen homeschooled students performed…
It’s September, one of my favorite times of the year, because it’s play practice time. Mary Evelyn has been busy for weeks: researching, writing, and casting. She’s made plans to turn a black stage into a crowded, noisy, dawning-of-the-20th-century city in India in some scenes…
Mary Evelyn, her children, and I spent yesterday at the first two of three sessions of tryouts for this year’s Homeschool Dramatic Society play in September. Everybody who signs up in time gets in; she just needs to know what…
My first memory of singing was in church, the little country church where at least four generations of my Daddy’s family has been laid to rest. There in the midst of the creaking, wooden, individual theater-style seats and in my…
In Act III of Street Robber: The Story of George Müller and His Orphans, Arthur, Emma, and another orphan girl witness a heart-rending event in the life of Charlie. George walks into the dining hall and tells the three children standing…
In scene three of Act II, Mr. Müller comes by a math class to see how Charlie is doing. He’s belligerent, as always, but the audience gets to look in on a math class (sung, of course, since this is…
