Dave Hop

How very good and pleasant it is when people live together in harmony. When forgiveness oils the wheels of relationships, When kindness is the currency. When understanding is the language …

Zebedee and his son James have a bit of a chat. James. Dad you know he we really love working with you? Zeb. (cautiously ) Is this about money, are …

Some people seem to carry their past in the way they walk. It’s all there on show. In a shuffle or a stoop or a spring in the step. Their …

A man is trying to hurry along a busy pavement but others in front slow him up. Come on! I haven’t got all day. Hurry up! What do you think …

I met him in a low lit bar long after 1 in the morning. He didn’t want our meeting to be publicised. But he did want to tell his side …

It is 1961. When Mary Jackson decides she wants to be an engineer at NASA she discovers she requires an extra qualification, one that she can only get at a …

She eyeballs him. He eyeballs her. Will either of them confess? ‘What’s happening?’ The stranger repeats his question. He sighs, but she’s the one who opens her mouth. ‘We were …

Jude stands in the darkness and waits, the eager guards at his shoulder. He can feel the breath of another man on the back of his neck, the heat of …

She opens her eyes and stares at the window. As if it was time to wake up. As if she’d actually been asleep. It’s been a long night, she has …

For anyone who never realised that when they were doing something small they were actually doing something rather momentous. Cast: Andrew (A) Mum (M) A. What’s wrong mum? M. Oh …

With more than a hefty nod and a wink towards Monty Python, here’s a piece without a lot of meaning, but hopefully might bring a smile, imagine if Moses had …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ8iFDASQco My wife told me about Suspended Coffee today and showed me the video above. And it struck me yet again how innovative people can be. When someone suggests we …

Christmas Eve. A couple walk the aisles of a supermarket gathering up the food and frills for a cracking Christmas. Early on in their travels they spot the Christmas baby …

Great moment from Talladega Nights about preferring Jesus as a baby rather than letting him grow up! Not sure if this is really a Christmassy moment but it seems a …

To be in your song To hear your singing of it To know it is about me To live in its melody To understand the lyrics To walk in its …

To download free PDF versions of the following Christmas pieces just click on each title below. Then on the page it takes you to click the line in RED which …

A little conversation at supper between Jesus and a few flawed saints. ‘No we don’t.’ Thomas looks at him, straightening himself a little as he speaks, his eyes on fire. …