Life As An Improv Opera
The Author And Conductor
One of the central ideas behind my Jesus-Greg WORLD is that life is best understood as an ongoing improv opera rather than as a rigid script. The opera has an Author and Conductor—Jesus Christ—who, together with unseen angels, is orchestrating events from behind the veil.
While I cannot directly observe what is taking place in that hidden realm, I believe Jesus and His angels have the ability to influence the visible world through providence, timing, relationships, impressions, and what most people would dismiss as coincidences.
Learning To Discern The Cues
Because of this, my task is not primarily to control events but to discern them. As the Spirit of Christ works within me — see Alma 34:34 and Alma 18:34–35 — I seek to become increasingly sensitive to the countless cues that Jesus may be placing before me.
These cues may appear as conversations, opportunities, interruptions, unexpected encounters, recurring ideas, songs, scriptures, or seemingly random events. I regard many of these as possible invitations from Jesus — a divine call awaiting my faithful response.
A Giant Call-And-Response Operation
This makes life a giant call-and-response operation. Every cue presents the possibility that Jesus is asking for a particular response.
Some responses are already well rehearsed. They are call-and-response protocols that have been practiced repeatedly: pray immediately, help someone in need, testify of Christ, pause and listen, write something down, investigate an impression, or follow through on an earlier prompting.
These responses become spiritual reflexes that have been developed over years of walking with Christ.
Jazz, Not Machinery
Yet the opera is not mechanical. It resembles jazz more than classical music. Like a jazz ensemble working from a set list, there is structure, preparation, and familiar themes, but there is also improvisation.
Sometimes Jesus may interrupt my normal response and quietly redirect me. In those moments I must remain flexible enough to abandon my routine and respond creatively to the unique circumstance He is presenting.
Sacred Guessing
This requires what I call sacred guessing. Since I cannot know with certainty every detail of God’s orchestration, I must exercise faith-filled imagination.
Sacred guessing is not reckless fantasy but an intentional willingness to believe that God may be communicating through ordinary life and inviting me to participate. It is an Alma 32 experiment — acting in faith while remaining humble enough to recognize that I may misunderstand and therefore continually refine my discernment.
The Architecture Of Jesus-Greg WORLD
Over time, these call-and-response protocols become part of the architecture of my Jesus-Greg WORLD. They train me to remain spiritually awake instead of spiritually asleep.
Rather than seeing life as a series of disconnected events, I increasingly experience it as an unfolding performance in which Jesus continually sets the stage, arranges the scenery, introduces the actors, and cues the next scene.
My role is not to write the opera but to participate faithfully within it.
The Hope
Ultimately, my hope is that this way of living produces a deeper companionship with Jesus Christ. Every day becomes an opportunity to notice His cues, trust His unseen orchestration, and respond with increasing love, creativity, humility, and faith.
The goal is not merely to perform correctly, but to become so attuned to the Spirit that my responses gradually harmonize with the ongoing opera Jesus is conducting throughout my life.