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Behind the Song: “We Are Home” — The Finale
This is it — the song that gives “Bring Us Home” its other half. If “Bring Us Home” is the prayer that opens the show, “We Are Home” is the answer that closes it. Today I want to walk you through how this finale comes together, and why one specific moment in it might be…
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Behind the Song: “Can These Dry Bones Live?”
Today’s “Behind the Song” post is about the moment in “Bring Us Home” where the entire emotional direction of the show changes — from grief to hope, from a funeral to a foundation. It’s built on one of the most striking images in all of Scripture: Ezekiel’s vision of the valley of dry bones. Where…
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Behind the Song: “By the Willows”
Today’s “Behind the Song” post is about one of the most directly biblical moments in the entire show — a song built almost entirely on a single, devastating verse: Psalm 137:4. “How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?” The setup By the time this song happens, the exiles have settled into…
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Behind the Song: “Hush Now (The River Lullaby)”
Today kicks off a “Behind the Song” series where I take you deeper into specific songs from “Bring Us Home” — how they came together, what they’re built on, and why they mean so much to me. First up: the song that threads through the entire show, “Hush Now (The River Lullaby).” Where it sits…
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From 597 BCE to 538 BCE — My Research Process for “Bring Us Home”
I’ve shared a lot about the characters and themes of “Bring Us Home” this week. Today I want to pull back the curtain on something different: the actual historical research that grounds this whole musical. Because while every song is original, every single one of them is built on real history and real Scripture —…
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The Golden Cup — A Small Object That Carries the Whole Story
In a show full of big moments — a city burning, harps hung in willow trees, a hand writing on a palace wall — one of the most important objects in “Bring Us Home” is small enough to hold in one hand. Today I want to talk about the golden temple cup, and why it…
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Belshazzar and “The Writing on the Wall”
Today I want to introduce you to the character at the center of one of the most famous moments in the entire Bible — and one of the biggest scenes in “Bring Us Home.” Meet King Belshazzar. A king who collects beautiful things Belshazzar rules the golden heart of the world. Charismatic, brilliant, beautiful —…
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Nabu and Aviva — The Almost-Love Story That Never Was
Of everything in “Bring Us Home,” this might be the relationship people ask me about the most once they hear a little about it. So today, let’s talk about Nabu — and the quiet, aching almost-romance between him and Aviva. Who is Nabu? Nabu is a young Babylonian court musician — born and raised in…
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Daniel: In Babylon, But Never Of It
Posting Date: July 15 This week I’ve been introducing you to the cast of “Bring Us Home” — and today’s character is a little different from the others, because he’s the one principal in this whole show drawn directly from Scripture rather than invented. Meet Daniel. A real biblical figure, fifty years into the story…
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Saba Elan and the Harp in the Willows
Posting Date: July 14 So far you’ve met Aviva and her mother Miryam. Today I want you to meet the man whose vow set the whole emotional spine of “Bring Us Home” in motion — Aviva’s grandfather, Saba Elan. Who is Saba Elan? Before the exile, Saba Elan was the chief harpist of the Temple…
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