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Listen "S01 - E26 - Rooted & Unwavering - July 28 - Hylke Faber & Vida Oliphant Sneed"
Episode Synopsis
Life is a Beautiful Struggle
"Is this a reflection of who you are and who you want to be?" asked Vida Oliphant-Sneed’s mom, Laverna, when she observed her daughter not being at her best. From her earliest days Vida learned self-accountability as a core life orientation: stand on your own two feet. Taught by her dad, Clarence: "You got to know how to do your own thinking or someone else will do it for you." Vida has homeschooled her children for 19 years and recently became a playwright of the Lion Tells His Tale, which will be featured at the Intiman Theater in Seattle in May 2024. Vida’s life and work has deep commitment to faith and family at the center. This commitment guides her to be accountable for her own choices and embrace the discomforts in life as opportunities for prayerful growth. The Lion Tells His Tale was born out of the grief of not being able to visit Africa due to COVID. Says Vida: “When I recognize that I've been off center, I've got to examine that - and the first thing I do is pray." Her prayerful attitude helped her discover that her longing to stand on the shores that her ancestors had been taken away from needed to be channeled into a play based upon her friend Delbert Richardson’s traveling American History Museum “Unspoken Truths.” The play helps us to find our feet in the bigger story we are all part of. "Until the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter."
"Is this a reflection of who you are and who you want to be?" asked Vida Oliphant-Sneed’s mom, Laverna, when she observed her daughter not being at her best. From her earliest days Vida learned self-accountability as a core life orientation: stand on your own two feet. Taught by her dad, Clarence: "You got to know how to do your own thinking or someone else will do it for you." Vida has homeschooled her children for 19 years and recently became a playwright of the Lion Tells His Tale, which will be featured at the Intiman Theater in Seattle in May 2024. Vida’s life and work has deep commitment to faith and family at the center. This commitment guides her to be accountable for her own choices and embrace the discomforts in life as opportunities for prayerful growth. The Lion Tells His Tale was born out of the grief of not being able to visit Africa due to COVID. Says Vida: “When I recognize that I've been off center, I've got to examine that - and the first thing I do is pray." Her prayerful attitude helped her discover that her longing to stand on the shores that her ancestors had been taken away from needed to be channeled into a play based upon her friend Delbert Richardson’s traveling American History Museum “Unspoken Truths.” The play helps us to find our feet in the bigger story we are all part of. "Until the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter."
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