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Dad, will you be in “The Nutcracker”?

In an unexpected casting of Drosselmeyer, Matt Rich finds – in life and in ministry – the role you think you are going to play might not be the role you get.

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“Dad, will you be in 'The Nutcracker'? They are having dads again in the party scene this year.”

My mind started spinning ... I had been a band chaperone and a volunteer cross-country coach for her older brothers. Could I really say no to my 15-year-old ballet-dancing daughter? How many more opportunities would I have to do something unique like this with her? I am not a dancer, much less a ballet dancer. However, I have seen “The...

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