Mary and I took a drive up to Barrie last night to catch the baby sister, Becky, in what I think was her first big acting gig. She’s dreamt of acting for a while and I hope she keeps at it, and it was my pleasure to get a chance to catch the show last night. Held at her church – Mapleview Community Church – it was a performance of “Heaven’s Gates, Hell’s Flames” and featured Becky as one of the two angels guarding the entrance to heaven. She got to hold a big sword, which of course, made me jealous. All went well, she did a great job, and in the closing moments I’d suggest no less than 50 people re-committed themselves to God at the front.
A Google search of the play itself shows a bit of polarization in thought and opinion. The show itself is a series of vignettes that show people dying in various ways, then allowing the audience to find out if they’re going to heaven or not. Situations such as two ladies trapped in an elevator, two construction workers killed by a collapsing wall, partying kids drinking and driving, and a six-person car accident between a devoutly religious family and a two guys on the way to a sports match relay a story before either Jesus appears to welcome them under the swords, or the devil appears to drag them kicking and screaming into the bowels of Hell. Interesting.
Naysayers are angry over the depiction of the “nice” people not always making it to heaven. Or that the depiction of people actually going to hell is unsettling to children. Also, interesting.
Congrats, Rebeccy. ;)
Today’s Random Links
The group that puts “Heaven’s Gates, Hell’s Flames” on.
A two-year-old discussion on the play.
Former outreach member gets angry.
Wiki defines.