Coming to the Lampost Through a Wardrobe

I recently started reading the Chronicles of Narnia because: (1) I found out that Lampost Theatre Co. got its name partially from these tales, you know, from the lamp post in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe that symbolizes a point of intersection between the land of Narnia and our world and, (2) because there are movies coming out about the books that I hear are supposed to be pretty cool. However, the reason for this post is not to discus literature, but to tell you how I came to this place called the Lampost.

I suppose I will start when I was serving as an intern in Louisiana. (How I got there is an entirely different tale of God’s goodness. If you ask me perhaps I will tell you sometime.)

My year in Louisiana was coming to a close and I was trying to figure out what I was to do next. Nothing seemed to be coming together as I would have liked. I had sent out some resumes and had a few phone interviews but nothing came out of it. Well, I guess it’s time for a back up plan. I had, and still do have, the desire to go to seminary one day so I applied to Liberty University. At around this same time I also got a job for the summer working at a camp in Iowa. So I finally had something to tell people when they asked what I planned to do next though I continued to pray that God would open another door if He had something else planned for me. “In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.” Proverbs 16:9

While back in Iowa I decided to stop by the Lampost Theatre Co. to say “hi” to Jeff Hanson and see if I could play some music there some night. In the course of my conversation with Jeff he mentioned that they were looking for another full time staff member and hinted (rather obviously) that I should consider looking into it. Well, I already had my plans so I abruptly listed them off in order to clearly explain why that would not work out. End of Story.?