Word to Life Broadcast: Jim Reyland’s “Stand”

This week on Word to Life, Fr. John Maria Devaney, O.P. welcomes from Nashville, TN guests Jim Reyland, playwright and founder of the Writer’s Stage, Fr. Charles Strobel of the Archdiocese of Nashville and founder of the Room in the Inn homeless shelter, as well as actors Barry Scott and Henry “Chip” Arnold. Writer’s Stage is celebrating an upcoming national tour of the play “Stand,” which is based on Jim’s real life encounter that began on the way to daily mass and the subsequent friendship with Mr. Johnny Allen, a homeless man in Nashville. For the past thirty years, Fr. Charlie has built the largest homeless shelter in the city of Nashville, the same shelter that served Mr. Allen. In “Stand,” Barry plays the role of Johnny (named JJ) and Henry plays the role of Jim (named Mark.) You can listen to the show here.