One of the most powerful pieces of prose that I have read in a long time is a little playlet entitled: "The Long Silence." Listen to it: "At the end of time, billions of people were scattered on a great plain before God's throne. Most shrank back from the brilliant light before them, but some groups near the front talked heatedly not with cringing shame, but with belligerence. ‘Can ...
... jiggled the star up and down excitedly to show them where to come. When the wise men responded to their cue, she went forward a little to meet them and to lead the way, her face as alight as the real star might have been. The playlet ended. They had refreshments. On the way home Jana said, with great satisfaction, “I had the main part!” “You did?” her Mom asked, wondering why she thought that. “Yes,” she said, “’cause I showed everybody how to find Jesus!” And ultimately that is what it ...