When America shut down in March, one of the immediate challenges was the school year in-progress. What would class look like when in-person education wasn’t feasible or safe? For Ryan Machen, this was further complicated in that he’s a theatre teacher and overnight, had to figure out a way to teach an in-person artform in …
A Conversation with Tricia & Miriam Baron
I was introduced to Tricia and Miriam Baron at a dinner with friends in Brooklyn years ago, after which, we began running into each other at NY City Center shows. Our seats up top were close to each other so after many accidental run-ins, we began making plans to see each other on purpose. Our …
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Restoration, Reunion, and Ready-to-Wear
The Bible, for all its hope and miracles is also a book full of great pain. Mary had to watch her son slowly die on a cross in public, Job’s entire family died, one of Adam and Eve’s sons murdered the other. Pain is everywhere in this book but so is restoration. For many, Job’s …
Ghost Stories
Last night, after I got home from the office, I sat down on my bed and didn’t get up for the rest of the evening. Though I didn’t fall asleep and it wasn’t restful per se, my body quit on me hours before I was ready for it to clock out for the day. The …
From the Front Row to the Back
I was born into the church the way Prince William was born into the royal family; I had no choice in the matter. The level of involvement and understanding of Pentecostal decorum I had from a young age isn’t normal to most children, but I never knew any different. It wasn’t that I was expected …
