Because Sometimes I Can't Think Outside the Box

In the rules of blog etiquette, I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to admit your moments of um...lack of brilliance.

But a slow news week trumps the rules of blog etiquette.

Do enjoy.

For twenty-some years, I was part of the Marion Easter Pageant. I've told you about that before. So many amazing memories from the Pageant! In my opinion, one of the best scenes (visually speaking) in the Pageant was this one:
The Last Supper. The curtain came up on this reenactment of the famous panting, and everyone stayed "frozen" for a while. Then they "came to life" and shared the dinner...Judas left...and they went back into the frozen position before the curtain came down. Powerful scene.

This past Sunday night, at our church, a group came in and did an hour long presentation called The Last Supper:

Look familiar? :) They took the "frozen" position and then one at a time, each disciple spoke about who he was and wondered if maybe he was the one who would betray Jesus. Really well-done and thought-provoking performance.

Except for one thing.

During Thomas' entire speech, I stared at him and thought But you're not Thomas. You're Judas.

I was sitting next to my friend Laurie and toward the end, she asked if I remembered which disciples hadn't spoken yet. I pointed to the two I thought and said quite confidently, "That one's Peter."

She looked at me a little funny...and right about that time, Peter stood up and said he was somebody else.

WHAT!!!

And only then did it occur to me...

...the painting didn't come with nametags, you know.

The actors in both performances look alike because they're based on the same painting, but they weren't appointed the same identities.

I'm so proud it took me until the eleventh disciple to figure that out.