In Wicked, there is a difference between being changed for the “better” and changed for “good.” “Better” is the standards of the world, the expectations of the Wizard in this case. “Good” is change that happens in relationship, with God and with others. The Pharisees represent the standards of the world, and Jesus presents a different way, articulated in the words of “The Beatitudes.”

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Let There Be a Big Bang
Science teaches that the universe began 15 million years ago with a “Big Bang.” Genesis teaches that God created the “heavens and the earth” by speaking it all into existence. Human beings are composed of the same elements as the stars, which connects us to God’s creation in a very