Generating “The Game of Life” Script:

ID: 2689 ~ Source: McCracken, Jarrell Franklin, Interviewed by Thomas L. Charlton, September 30, 1971 in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. Access full interview here.
This file appears in: Word Inc.

After a young music minister named Ted Nichols gave him the idea and prompt, Word Inc. founder Jarrell McCracken describes how he developed the performance script of “The Game of Life.”

This file appears in: Word Inc.

By Regina Wenger
Founded in 1951, the Word label helped spark the multimillion-dollar genre of Christian Contemporary Music (CCM). And it was sportscaster and ministry student Jarrell McCracken who gave it a voice. McCracken was working in radio to finance his…