In To The Great Wide Open...... Each time I read one of Jesus’ miracles, I am always amazed at the transformation they bring to the individual healed. They can return to their families and communities, resume work and worship. After the joy of being healed, what might they have felt about the future? Alongside the celebrations and thankfulness, might they also have felt apprehensive or overwhelmed? I have been attending a weekly drama class near where I live. I decided to do the short course, not because I have acting aspirations, but I wanted to do something that would help me get used to public speaking in preparation for any talks I might give as a writer in the future. The course starts with a read through of a play that in later weeks the group will act out scenes from. The play chosen is Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth, A play widely acclaimed when it was first staged in 2009. It is very cleverly written, with it themes of isolation, mental health and land access slowly unf...