The List
Tue 30 July 2024
An official receives a phone call from Moses, a little in the style of a Bob Newhart monologue. Yes, who is it? Oh Moses… from Egypt! How are you doing …
Monday Rewrite
Familiar Bible passages, seen with new creative eyesUpset
Mon 22 July 2024
‘Thank you,’ Jesus says.‘What for?’ Martha asks, her eyes heavy with disappointment and self-recrimination.‘For sitting here with me now,’ he says. ‘Thank you. And for the meal, the meal was …
Leftovers
Tue 18 June 2024
The young girl stirs, but not in a sweat-induced state of restlessness.Now her face is calm, her breathing steady, there is no sign of fluttering behind her eyelids.She opens her …
A Pulp Gospel Tale from Jerusalem
Mon 10 June 2024
I got word that something was rotten in the back streets of Jerusalem. Something dark going down. And they might need a good man to be hanging around. Well, there …
The Best Party
Thu 6 June 2024
When Jesus told his parable of the feast in Matthew 22, one of the humorous and surprising facets was the excuses folk gave for staying away. No one would ever …
What If… The Stones
Fri 30 June 2023
A reimagining for sparking discussion and reflection. The StonesAs Jesus and his disciples reached the place where the road started down from the Mount of Olives, all of his followers …
Jesus in the Wilderness – (Matthew 4 v 1-11) – a simple drama
Fri 17 February 2023
Jesus in the Wilderness – click this line to download a word document copy. Cast – Narrator, Jesus, some angels, some wild animals, some people This drama needs no rehearsals, …
Jesus and The Blind Man (John 9 v 1-16) – a simple drama
Sun 12 February 2023
Cast – Narrator, Jesus, blind person, a couple of friends, two disciples, a couple of locals, two Pharisees This drama needs no rehearsals, just volunteers on the day who are …
Knock Knock
Mon 19 December 2022
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 …
Cosmic
Thu 15 December 2022
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 …
Unique
Fri 9 December 2022
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 …
Monday Rewrite: Signs and Wonders
Mon 5 December 2022
(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. …
Monday Rewrite: Feet on the ground
Mon 11 April 2022
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 …
Monday Rewrite: Jesus on a Dull Day
Mon 4 April 2022
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 …
Monday Rewrite: The Blame Game
Mon 28 March 2022
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 …
Monday Rewrite: 40 Days
Mon 21 March 2022
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… …
Greener Grass (5000 Questions)
Mon 14 March 2022
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? …
Monday Rewrite: The Great Influencer
Mon 7 March 2022
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 …
Monday Rewrite: What We Can
Sun 27 February 2022
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 …
Monday Rewrite: A Hillside for the World
Mon 21 February 2022
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 …