52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory." 55 "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Songs Included Inventions Used Featured Charity Spanish Name Spanish Airdate Error: Invalid time. Soundtrack length Previous title Written by Directed by Produced by Executive Producer Post-Production by Production Assistant Engineered by Purchase episode Other websites The Very Best of Friends“The Very Best of Friends” is episode #95 of the Adventures in Odyssey audio series. It was written and directed by Phil Lollar, and originally aired on December 2, 1989.
Donna realizes she is still bitter about Karen's death a year after she has died. At the same time, Jimmy and Oscar Peterson put on a Shakespeare play.
Jessie Morales and the other kids at Odyssey Elementary have come up with a special surprise for Donna Barclay: They've chosen her to be the host of the annual Fall Festival. Everyone is excited about the choice. except Donna. She thanks her friends but says she doesn't ever want to have anything to do with the Festival again.
Jessie is confused and takes the dilemma to Whit. Donna is so talented and outgoing, Jessie wonders why Donna doesn't jump at this honor. But Whit believes he knows why Donna is acting so strangely. He takes Jessie over to the Barclay house to talk with Donna about it. Unfortunately, Donna refuses to admit anything is wrong and demands to be left alone.
While he is gone from Whit's End, he leaves Reginald Duffield in charge of the shop. He runs into Jimmy and Oscar, who ask him to help them put together a Shakespeare act for the Fall Festival. He agrees.
Jessie thinks it's all her fault, but Whit tells her that Donna is feeling bad about a different friend — someone who was around before Jessie came on the scene, Karen. It's been a year since Karen died, and one of the last things she did was the Fall Festival. Whit knows Donna has to release her anger - anger toward Karen for dying, toward God for letting Karen die, and toward herself for having those feelings in the first place.
Jimmy and Oscar are having trouble with "Romeo and Juliet," and Reggie decides that they should play it for laughs.
Whit arranges to take Donna to the one place where she can let go of her bitterness — Karen's grave. At the cemetery, Whit makes Donna confront her anger by turning it over to God. Donna heads out to visit Karen's grave, allowing the healing to begin. Meanwhile, Whit takes a walk to visit Jerry's grave in the same cemetery.
At the Fall Festival later, Jimmy and Oscar put on a crowd-pleasing comedic performance, much to Reggie's delight. Afterward, Donna takes the stage and takes a cue from Karen's performance from last year, reading the lyrics to What a Friend We Have in Jesus in dedication to her friends Jessie and Whit. She is then, finally, able to tell Karen "good-bye."
