Back in the late 80s or early 90s, a church group in Boston and New York wrote and performed a musical based on the book of Acts called, “Upside Down.” We wore out the VHS tapes (it was a four hour musical) from constant watching and re-watching. My sisters and I had the songs memorized and we even had the soundtrack on cassette.

One of the opening songs was called “Darkness” and has been stuck in my head this week as we look at the concepts of light and dark. For Throwback Thursday, I will share a portion of those lyrics for your own personal reflection.

“Darkness.

Religious people call this darkness.

Religious people call this darkness when it’s daylight and while everything seems alright still it’s darkness.

To all of them it’s always darkness.

But for us, it’s not so bad. It’s all the light we’ve ever had…”