Monday Rewrite

Monday Rewrite

Familiar Bible passages, seen with new creative eyes

What If… The Stones

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 …

Knock Knock

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

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

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

(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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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 …

Monday Rewrite – Love is Like This

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. …

Monday Rewrite: The Land of Fear

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 …

Monday Rewrite: Wilderness Voice

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. …

Monday Rewrite: Barn Fever

‘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 …