Review: The best moments often come when it seems everything is going wrong . . .
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 2, 2013
Marcia Lee Laycock's "An Unexpected Glory" is the sweet, funny, sometimes heart-rending tale of Pastor Steve, his New Life homeless shelter, and the annual Christmas Pageant that always raises much-needed funding to support the shelter's programs.But this year, the morning of the big show, he learns that several of the children in the pageant have been quarantined with measles. And the stellar orchestra that provides the beautiful music every year? Well, they're quarantined too, since they were exposed during a rehearsal.Stanley, one of the shelter's success stories and Pastor Steve's right-hand man, insists that the men who call the shelter home can put on the pageant with just that day to rehearse. Without any other choices, Pastor Steve give him the nod.Will everything go wrong? Or can the ragtag group of men put on a really big show?You'll enjoy this delightful and inspiring tale.