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I took a total day off Sunday. Well, I was up and outside at 5 am stoking the coals and mopping my Superbowl Brisket that had been cooking all night. Pretty sure I still smelled a little like mesquite smoke at church later, but it was worth it, because I killed it on the brisket, using Tom Perini’s recipe.
If you’ve never been to Perini Ranch near Buffalo Gap…go. It’s one of the great places to eat. Tom Perini did the catering when they were filming Lonesome Dove, and Robert Duvall wrote the forward in his cookbook. What more do you need to know?
I watched every minute of the Superbowl coverage, most of it horizontal on the sofa. Soaked it all in, because we’re entering what Robin calls “the black hole of sports.” Also because this week is the final week of rehearsals for our concert for “The Carpenter’s Son” that opens Saturday, and it will be a pretty intense week of work.
I haven’t yet seen any of the rehearsals for the play. I always wait until the final dress if I can, but I know the cast is working hard, and several have had very kind words about the script.
One evening last week, Chris Smith, who is doing the part of Jesus, said that he really loves this play, and went on to comment about certain parts that are particularly meaningful because they helped him to really grasp the reality of Jesus dealing with the regular things of living a life, just like us.
Chris also noted that, while this play takes place in a time when nothing is recorded about what was actually going on in Jesus’s life, he has found himself thinking that this could very well be exactly the way it was. It makes sense. It resonates.
During those years of working early to late, making a living for the family as a carpenter, dealing with the stresses of taking care of His customers, and whatever issues the family happened to be having, if He could have taken a day to just veg out on the sofa and watch a game, do you think He might have jumped at the chance?
My hope is that when you see The Carpenter’s Son, you will be encouraged by how accessible the Lord is during the everyday trials of our own life today, because He experienced those same challenges first hand. And perhaps I am writing to encourage myself now, because the “must be done” list is pretty overwhelming this week.
But there’s fun too…the Gospel Band is rehearsing every evening before the play rehearsals. We worked on “Jerusalem” last night. I had forgotten how much I love that song. We can’t wait to sing it for you. How about this Saturday at 3:00?
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