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Stage Direction: Stories from a Passion Play
Would God assign big kingdom work to a regular guy? God showed Phill Stumpf a revolutionary passion play would happen on the open streets of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, his hometown. Phill believed for ten long years until amateur actors from every church in town joined him to create this major production from scratch. But were they in over their heads? When they faced serious illness, legal issues, and the rejection of their performance permit for the date already advertised, they began to question. Were they caught up in God's grand plans, or just mistaken? Nothing builds faith like real-life stories. Stage Direction will encourage God has been leading his people since before the cross...and the drama isn't done unfolding.
104 pages, Paperback
Published August 10, 2016
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April 2, 2017
"On May 19, 2013 one hundred and thirty-nine people representing 33 different local churches performed a passion play on the downtown streets of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. These were Christians from all different denominations working together in unity, without rivalry or petty debates. That kind of thing can only be credited to God's Holy Spirit helping Christians love each other in Jesus' name."
So begins the remarkable account of the Passion Play performed publicly in the square of my hometown, and the individual testimonies from writers, actors, musicians, the director and others involved of how the Lord led them to carry out this tremendous act of worship and sacrifice, and how He threaded the individual parts together to complete a masterpiece.
Many of the people involved were ones I know personally, and some of the testimonies I'd heard but nearly forgotten. Other stories were brand new to me. Each caused me to marvel afresh at the goodness and kindness and wisdom of God.
Rachel Kerr is a gifted writer and I enjoyed her commentary and prose, as well as the photos and scriptures included. Look forward to seeing more of her work, particularly as I saw she is presently working on a compilation of short stories.
So begins the remarkable account of the Passion Play performed publicly in the square of my hometown, and the individual testimonies from writers, actors, musicians, the director and others involved of how the Lord led them to carry out this tremendous act of worship and sacrifice, and how He threaded the individual parts together to complete a masterpiece.
Many of the people involved were ones I know personally, and some of the testimonies I'd heard but nearly forgotten. Other stories were brand new to me. Each caused me to marvel afresh at the goodness and kindness and wisdom of God.
Rachel Kerr is a gifted writer and I enjoyed her commentary and prose, as well as the photos and scriptures included. Look forward to seeing more of her work, particularly as I saw she is presently working on a compilation of short stories.
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