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Zacchaeus remembers
Zacchaeus remembers
by Sue Brown
Zacchaeus remembers For a child it’s always hard being different: too fat, too thin, too tall or, like me, too small. The deep hurt of rejection – “not you, you can’t play with us, you’re not big enough” – stays with you somewhere deep down, no longer thought of, but still rememb…
Shepherd
Shepherd
by Sue Brown
Shepherd (Luke 2:8–20) It’s dark: the darkness of outdoors on a moonless night. The stars are bright but so small; they seem so far away. It’s funny how the open spaces around you seem emptier at night you feel small and lonely. It’s not really cold, but after the warmth of the d…
A wise man
A wise man
by Lynda Collier
A wise man? Searching, searching Always searching But for what? For truth. But what is truth? Where is it to be found? For most of my life I had filled my mind with learning - poring over ancient manuscripts And scanning the skies for signs, Looking for answers to questions most …
The Serpents tale
The Serpents tale
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue/ Poem The Serpent’s Tale I’m the snake from the Garden of Eden – a slithery giant-sized worm. My voice is a menacing sibilant sound – designed to make everyone squirm. You may think you know all my adventures – they’re there in the Bible, you see. But try looking at it …
Monologue/Drama: Look at Peter!
Monologue/Drama: Look at Peter!
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue/Drama: Look at Peter! It’s the same man! It really is! Although you wouldn’t believe it, if you remembered his past behaviour. Remember he was the coward who denied that he knew Jesus when he was challenged by that girl in the courtyard while Jesus was standing trial. H…
Drama: Ananias
Drama: Ananias
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama: Ananias Hello! My name is Ananias. You’ve probably never heard of me, although my name does crop up from time to time. But I’m just an ordinary Christian believer, so no one would ever have known about me at all, if it hadn’t been for one extraordinary incident in my life.…
Drama/Monologue/Reflection: Advance warning
Drama/Monologue/Reflection: Advance warning
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/Monologue/Reflection: Advance warning He told them he was going. He warned them in advance. He said, ‘I will be leaving you.’ He said, ‘I’m telling you these things because you will understand. Others won’t. You love and understand me. They don’t.’ And they didn’t either. D…
Drama/Monologue: Philemon
Drama/Monologue: Philemon
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/Monologue: Philemon I was puzzled when the letter arrived from Paul and astounded when I knew who had brought it. I wasn’t quite sure what to do first – read the letter, or throw the runaway slave in jail. In the end I decided I’d let myself calm down a bit by reading the l…
Drama: A cloud of witnesses
Drama: A cloud of witnesses
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/Monologue: A cloud of witnesses Reading: Hebrews 11: 29 – 12:2 (Followed by the speaker chatting to the visible, or unseen, person who has just read the lesson and responding to unheard answers.) A cloud of witnesses? What’s all that about then? Surely you don’t still think…
Drama: A tricky situation
Drama: A tricky situation
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama: A tricky situation I’ll never forget the look on my master’s face when I took that jar to him and he tasted what I thought was water. I’d been dreading his reaction. After all, I was the one who’d drawn the water and I knew what I’d put in that jar. How on earth could it p…
Reflection on Proverbs 31: 10-31
Reflection on Proverbs 31: 10-31
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection on Proverbs 31: 10-31 ‘A good woman is hard to find,’ they say. I’m not surprised, if you look at that picture they paint in Proverbs. It sets feminism back into the Dark Ages and even caps Shirley Conran’s Superwoman for imposing impossible demands on a woman’s time a…
Monologue/Drama:No more sacrifices!