The Promise at Glen Rose

"The Promise" at Glen Rose is an outdoor drama production of the life of Jesus. It's held in an ampitheater under the stars on Friday and Saturday nights in September and October. It's a couple hours away from Dallas and our family had never attended until this year Halloween night. We were especially motivated to make the trip because a family from church with 2 sons who are in our youth group are in the cast. The professionalism was impressive as were the sets, music and acting. Starla enjoyed seeing the real camels, sheep and horses on stage. It brought back fond memories of the years when Angela, Lily and I participated in the Easter drama at Blythefield.


One of the most powerful aspects of the production was the portrayal of Satan. In each of the scenes, this sinister looking, red caped, slithering sort of man loomed in the background participating, inserting himself, looking for opportunities to capitalize on. Starla was tracking with Satan's every move. Robyn felt afraid of him. I was especially impacted by the scene below where Satan moves in on Judas and eventually wraps him up entirely inside his cape. For me, it was such a powerful visual of spiritual warfare. Satan lurks in the scenes of my life and yours looking for opportunities to wrap us up in his cape.



The grand finale was the resurrection. Jesus conquered the grave and is alive. I don't have a photo of it but Jesus actually lifted off the ground and ascended into the clouds at the end of the show.