{"id":103872,"date":"2021-07-09T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T11:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=103872"},"modified":"2021-07-09T06:29:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T10:29:26","slug":"the-words-came-alive-the-play-that-changed-richards-life-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=103872","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The words came alive\u2019 \u2013 the play that changed Richard\u2019s life forever"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before training for ordination, Richard worked as Music Operations Manager with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in Stratford-upon-Avon, where he watched a play in 2011 that completely changed the course of his life.<\/p>\n

Richard explained: \u201cIn my previous job at the RSC, we did a play called Written on the Heart. <\/p>\n

“It was about the writing of the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible. In one scene, two men \u2013 Lancelot Andrewes and William Tyndale \u2013 debated translations of The Beatitudes. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs I sat, and watched, and listened, these words came alive for me. <\/p>\n

\u201cGradually, I realised that I had been wrong all my life about God.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a direct result, Richard bought a copy of the Bible and began to attend a church in Kidderminster. <\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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"Questions and debates are often more important than answers \u2013 and doubts don\u2019t deny one\u2019s faith."<\/p>\n

Richard Sandland is being ordained in @CofEWorcester<\/a>, after a play at @TheRSC<\/a> inspired his faith.<\/p>\n

Explore his story on our website. 👇🏾https:\/\/t.co\/W1nag9PUPC<\/a><\/p>\n

— The Church of England (@churchofengland) July 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n