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Wednesday, November 9, 2005


    Daily Life Notes

    Yes, it's been almost a month now since I've written anything, but no apologies. I'm just working on multiple projects and sometimes the blogging takes a back seat.

    There's a lot happening in the Berryman household these days, performances and travels galore. I was in Black Mountain, North Carolina last month to do a two performance run of Leaving Ruin, hosted by Jim Shores and Carol Anderson, a wonderful couple with a ministry called Acts of Renewal. Acts of Renewal plays all over the country presenting plays on various social and ministry issues, and though I've never seen the work, everything I hear is that it is top drawer stuff. Thanks to Carol and Jim for making my time in Black Mountain delightful.

    Amy and Daniel both have shows in preparation for Roosevelt High School's 50th anniversary of an event called Dramafest. Amy is directing this year, a play called Aria de Capo, and Daniel's is singing the title role in a one act cutting of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Amy took a few days off from directing and school, though, to head back (accompanied by her mother) to Cincinnati, Ohio, where she checked out a couple of schools, the most notable of which is the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. She was impressed by what she saw...we just keep praying God will lead her to where she needs to be. She also had a great reunion with her friends from Interlochen, the summer arts camp where Amy spent the bulk of summer 2005.

    The other major production going on just now is the annual Christmas offering at church. I'm in charge this year (after a couple of years away from it), and this year we're doing a series of short one-act pieces that will end up making for a very full evening of drama and music. We're calling in Christmas...Honestly. The theme that will tie the evening together (loosely) is the idea that Christmas is sold to us a sort of perfect, romantic ideal of a season, and the truth is, it rarely lives up the billing. We're going to take a look at what Christmas is really like for many of us, and what the birth of the Christ has to say to us in the midst of the various stresses the holiday invariably brings.

    The dates for Christmas...Honestly are December 8, 9, and 10. Tickets are free.

    I'd like a perfect Christmas...

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