We’ve been receiving several announcements lately about upcoming theatre productions of C.S. Lewis’ works, so we decided to post some theatre news.

If you happen to be around Lewis’ hometown this next week, the Hope Players amateur drama group will be hosting “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” at the ADC Theatre in Cambridge from December 17^th-20^th.  For free online booking please see: www.adctheatre.com. You can also call (01223 300085) or visit the box office (ADC Theatre, Park Street, Cambridge), Tue & Fri 12.30pm-7.00pm and Wed, Thu & Sat 3.00pm - 7.00pm. Please be advised that a 50p card charge is added to the price of each telephone transaction and each booking made in person by card or cheque).

Saratoga Abundant Life Church in Saratoga Springs, New York, is hosting a one-man show entitled “A Christmas with C.S. Lewis,” with its writer David Payne as the star. A huge C.S. Lewis fan, Payne has played Lewis in “Shadowlands” at Nashville’s Tennessee Performing Arts Center, and he has also toured the nation as both a director and an actor in “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,” numerous times. In his original play, “Payne brings Lewis’ humor to life and further proves that Lewis was one of England’s most famous public speakers.” The event is free, and happening only once, this Saturday, December 12^th. For more information please see: http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2009/12/10/entertainment/doc4b211951755f4541281442.txt

Payne will also be appearing, in the same show on December 14^th in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Tickets are $15 for this show. For more information please call 508-747-1622 or visit www.MemorialHall.com.

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Dear Friends:

There shall come forth a shoot
from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch from his roots
shall bear fruit.
And the Spirit of the Lord
shall be upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge
and the fear of the Lord.
(Is 11:1-2)

The summer was cooler and the fall was warmer than usual. We are in a drought. My tangerine tree that blesses each December with sweet, juicy fruit is so confused that it didn’t bear this year. That disappoints me, but the tree is healthy and will bear its fruit again when the time is right.

In preparing this week’s message for you, I labored for hours on an idea. I learned a lot in the process about the economy and policies of the Roman Empire at the time of Christ’s birth. The shining truth of that birth never came to light in the process. My words lay on the screen like so much unused, unneeded inventory, waiting for someone to buy them. It is not my calling to “sell” you. It is my calling to make you hungry for Jesus and to trust that the Holy Spirit will lead you to satisfy yourselves with the Bread of Life and the Living Water and to live and grow in Christ.

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Tags: A Word of Grace, Devotional, Kent Hansen