Look at all the people!

Man I'm beat. They worked us hard at rehearsals this weekend. I think everyone was extremely fatigued by the end. Even Brash Maintenance Guy was unseasonably reserved. The weather has been incredible. Hot, sunny, with the occasional saving breeze or cloud cover. Just awesome as far as I'm concerned. The BMG and I had dinner tonight with one of the musicians in the play. We inevitably talked about the play and the people in it.

There are some pretty incredible people in the show. It seems I learn a lot about God being down here, and a lot of that has to do with the people here. There are adherents of every Christian facet here, you hear the stories of people from every walk of life. There are new Christians who are in there 50's and there are mature long believing Christians of the tender age of 17. There are believers, seekers, philosophers, and the totally apathetic. It is truly fascinating listening to everyone's stories and hearing about their different walks with God. I love to sit and listen and just take it all in.

There is something to being quiet and just listening. And not just meditating in the quiet (or in my case listening to the near deafening collaborative buzzing of the coolers in the kitchen and the florescent lighting above me). But I mean in conversation. One of my favourite things to do is just sit and listen to other people talk, listen to their thoughts, and ideas and dreams and beliefs and doubts. Inevitably in a deep conversation, the topic finds its way to God. God has a funny habit of poking in on conversations. If you want to be enlightened as to what a person is really like, what they are made of, getting them talking about God. There's a lot of God talk around the Passion Play as one might imagine. I think the fact that we are portraying a story that is central to the beliefs of so many people, means we are bound to talk about one of the most vulnerable parts of what makes us human. God is so vast and great and complex, that I think in every conversation, we learn about Him. Every person has a bit of God in them, a bit of who God is. We are after all made in His image. A fascinating thing.

I think I'll spend a bit of quiet time meditating on God's complexities. I'll probably be here a while.

In reverant ardor,
JB