Monday Rewrite

Knock knock! Who’s there? Mary and Joseph. Mary and Joseph who? Mary and Joseph, who never expected life to go this way, bone-tired and needing a place to stay. Knock …

And did Abraham and Sarah, Rebekah and Isaac, Naomi and Ruth, Joseph and Moses join that cloud of witnesses that night, to hear the cries and snuffles and to catch …

A christening service is well underway in a local church. Vicar: I christen this child… excuse me, how many siblings does she have? Mum: Three. Vicar: Great! I christen this …

(A chief angel is issuing orders to an impressive army of angels when he is interrupted by a minor cherub.) Right you lot listen up! Order in the ranks there. …

Jesus wasn’t insecure. Never needed to do anything for show or to prove himself, or big himself up. When he washed feet it wasn’t about him. Though it could have …

Jesus on a dull day, There were many of these, When nothing much came his way, Just hammers, nails and bits of trees. He’s famous for the full days, Of …

They want him to join in, to point out what this man has done wrong, to call him out for his mistakes and misdemeanours. To put him down so that …

As he walked through that wilderness, in those 40 days of space and silence and emptiness, with time on his hands and the thoughts rattling like stones in his mind… …

Overheard at a certain feast of fish and bread: Right everyone, sit down, just sit down, that’s it, it won’t be long, the food’s coming round. Er… excuse me. Yes? …

Not one who merely talks through a phone or tablet screen, not mentioning the new and trendy products that he’s been wearing or using – not here for applause or …

As the woman anoints him with her exorbitant perfume, he can see the disdain on the sneers of those around, their thoughts scrawled large, like newsprint, across their faces. So …

And seeing the crowds he sat down on a hillside and began to teach them, and more and more people came to hear him.  Some were looking at their mobile …

Love is Like This… Based on 1 Corinthians 13 Themes – Love, friendship and support Cast – Narrator & Four actors, 1, 2, 3 & 4 Love is like this. …

Two went walking in the woods one spring, With no idea what the walk might bring. The girl fell asleep, near a big brown stone, But the boy soon discovered …

A voice calls out in the wilderness, Offering comfort and a way forward. ‘Lift up your eyes, look to the skies, And to the one who set them in place. …

‘Welcome one and all, family and er… interested parties… of Mr Richard Fool for the reading of his will, following his sad and mysterious demise after the completion of his …

Where was it, he was sure it was here somewhere. The torch flickered and the shadows danced on the ancient temple wall. Surely he heard right, that nudge, that whisper …