Central Park and Jesus

New York, Day 2- Once again the day was way too warm to wear my new coat and boots I bought for New York. We slept in since we had had zero sleep the night before and the three-hour time difference was killing us. Since the morning (okay, it was really late in the morning) was so beautiful and sunny, we put on our running clothes and headed to Central Park…only thing is, is that we did no running. We were way too busy looking at all the scenery and taking pictures. A lot of joggers passed by us and I thought, “How cool would it be to say that I ran through Central Park” but instead I just bought a New York running store T-shirt, which works for me. The park was full of New Yorkers who thought it was summer and took Friday off work just to enjoy the park. It was so warm that the ice skating rink even had a layer of water on top. We found the Bethesda Fountain and heard singing. There was a group under the bridge singing pretty harmony and an audience soon gathered. We then went over by the fountain and listened to two young women singing with ukuleles. Diane felt compelled to give them money as well as all the other street performers. She started her own scholarship program for starving artist.

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Late in the afternoon we went over to Times Square and bought same day tickets for Godspell.  Nancy suggested it and tickets were available. Nancy had always loved the music from it, so we trusted her and we are so glad we got to see it. Godspell was a musical originally done in the 1970’s so I thought it was going to have a 70’s hippie vibe. The music is the same but the dialogue has been updated for today. It was performed in a small theater in the round. We had great seats. Godspell is based on the parables of Jesus and set to music. I’m sure it was popular in the 70’s because of the Jesus Freak movement. It’s funny; cause the very same musical is relevant still 40 years later. I guess that is because the Gospel of Jesus Christ is timeless. I think the play really represented Jesus well which is weird in these modern times. He was portrayed as loving, generous, encouraging and sacrificial. The story was so powerful that people were emotional when the play was over. We topped off the evening with cheese cake and then walked lots of city blocks to ease the guilt.