Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.     –John 15:13  FROG : I’m sorry to be late Toad. I was wrapping your gift.  TOAD : Oh. For me?  FROG : Yes.  TOAD :  I can  open it?  FROG : Of course.   – A Year with Frog and Toad   While on earth, Jesus empowered twelve men to be His disciples. The Bible acknowledges these men as set apart by Jesus for the mission of spreading the gospel. In Matthew 10, Jesus instructs the twelve disciples

Hopefully, everyone has had the experience of having a wise mentor. During my time in graduate school for directing, I had two great mentors. The first mentor challenged me in many ways by always questioning why I thought a certain way about a topic. She pushed me to widen my preconceived ways of thinking.

One of the most humanizing stories of friendship comes from the Old Testament story of Job, a righteous man blessed with many blessings, who lost all his possessions, children, and even his own health.

Surrendering her own choices and willingly leaving her homeland and family, Ruth demonstrates the great gift of friendship and loyalty to Naomi despite the uncertainty of a future in Israel.

We all have that one friend who is especially capable of speaking truth into our lives. Due to God’s sovereignty, He makes us to cross paths with certain people with whom we have a close bond.

Friendship is a beautiful concept. From the beginning of creation, God knew that human beings would need to live in relationship and community. In the opening chapters of the Bible, God searches for a suitable helper for Adam from among the animals of creation.

In his epistle, James commands Christians to listen first, respond carefully, and avoid anger.

In this age of intense political polarization, vitriol is more common than gentleness.

There is an old saying that goes if you can count on one hand the number of true friends you have in ...

Goodness is a quality that is hard to define. Dolly defines goodness in terms of selflessness.

While Dolly might have a casual relationship with truth-telling, no one can accuse her of lacking kindness.

Relationships require patience: parent to child, husband to wife, and friend to friend. One of the most beautiful elements of ...

A curmudgeon. A miser. A Scrooge. These words describe Mr. Horace Vandergelder throughout much of the musical...

Hello, Dolly! is one of the most joyful musicals to cross the Broadway stage. There is a strong desire by the characters to live life to...

Love is a perennial theme of Broadway musicals. The fathers of the Broadway musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein, have many masterpieces...

North Raleigh Christian Academy holds to the core value that all truth is God’s truth. This includes the truth found in...

Another major theme of Into the Woods is intergenerational trauma. The sins of the parents do indeed visit the lives of their children...

Audiences often equate Cinderella with the virtues of goodness and kindness. She serves her stepmother and stepsisters without complaint, an

The Baker’s Wife is one of the most complicated (and compelling) characters in the musical theatre canon. One reason for this is that she...

Little Red Riding Hood is naïve about the world around her. She has instructions from her mother to journey directly to her grandmother’s...