“Drama’s creative process involves perseverance, problem-solving, team building, and especially empathy. Informal drama, like improvisation and role-playing, is more spontaneous and helps participants walk in another’s shoes, seeing through their eyes, learning through ‘experience’ without the scars.” –Darlene Graves, Fruit of the Vine

Query: We play many roles every day, so how can we do them with more care and wisdom as the body of Christ?

I perch, reclining recovery,

beside your second home—

stroke a finger down your spine

avoid tangles of tubing and wires.

caffeinated by your existence,

caterpillar cocooning in isolette,

I will you butterfly free—

find your third home

in my arms.

–Joann Renee Boswell, from “June” in Cosmic Pockets