The preacher’s weekly challenge—What story shall I tell?—is perhaps less challenging in Holy Week than at any other time except Christmas. The Passion story provides characters, plot, dynamics, and ...
A small German town has been performing a Passion Play every decade since the 17th century. Oberammergau, with its 5,000 inhabitants, began performances after being hit by the bubonic plague in 1633, ...
They made a promise to God, those villagers in 1600s Bavaria. This was their vow: If God would spare everyone in town who remained, if God would keep them alive amid the plague that had spread to ...