Kirjahaku

Watch and Pray was written for use by untrained actors. There are no character roles and the dialogue can be divided among as many people as are available to participate. The seven dramatic meditations begin with Ash Wednesday, followed with five mid-week readings and conclude with a Maundy Thursday presentation. Themes are: Self-knowledge Repentance Growth Patience Discipline Courage Neil Ellis Orts was born and raised in Central Texas, east of Austin. He received his B.F.A. degree in Theater Arts from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. He attended Lutheran Seminary in Austin. Orts is pursuing a variety of writing goals.

In the early 1970s, during a time when their families lived in separate cities, Cary and John kept in touch with each other through letters that were kept secret from their wives and daughters. Forty years later, those daughters, Gloria and Cathy, still the closest of friends, discover these letters. Their fathers now deceased, they learn of a life they never imagined their fathers having. Shifting between the present and the story the letters tell, two families struggle with their religion, their morals, and the question of what it means to be faithful.

In the early 1970s, during a time when their families lived in separate cities, Cary and John kept in touch with each other through letters that were kept secret from their wives and daughters. Forty years later, those daughters, Gloria and Cathy, still the closest of friends, discover these letters. Their fathers now deceased, they learn of a life they never imagined their fathers having. Shifting between the present and the story the letters tell, two families struggle with their religion, their morals, and the question of what it means to be faithful.