Monday Rewrite

From our reporter in Jerusalem. It would surely be the most incredible ending in all history if the carpenter from Nazareth should somehow walk away alive and well from his …

Jesus kicks at a stone. It is hard against his foot, unyielding. The way life feels to him at the moment. The sun saps his energy and the loss of …

The other night I took a ramble through your mind while you went for a wander through mine. Afterwards we sat in silence for a while, a little in awe, …

I interviewed him lying on his side. Literally. He refused to go to a bar or a coffee shop. Either I lie down in the dirt next to him, or …

Moses, the reluctant follower, The one who thought his life was over, Out there tending sheep in the desert, Got a shock. Went to look at a few flames and …

A reading or solo mime. Click below to play the track. I was out a-walking, (Walk on, stop, look at audience) Just the other day – When I saw a …

The parables Jesus told were often surprising and humorous, taking the listener in unexpected directions, challenging their preconceptions about life and God. With that in mind, here’s a story which …

The prophet Jonah wandered aimlessly through the streets of his old home town. Before long a crowd gathered around him. And the comments came thick and fast. – Hey Jonah! …

Disciple Andrew wonders if Jesus has gone too far. – Jesus, I’m a bit worried – What about Andrew? – I think, well I sort of… you know… wonder if… …

Who knows what they saw? Those soldiers, hammers in hand, flecks of blood on their cheeks, still fresh, still warm. Who knows what made them stop and reassess. Just another …

A responsive reading based on two parables in Matthew 13 vv 44-46. This story contains 6 key words or phrases which are repeated at different points throughout the story. Whenever …

Herod. Ah Chuza, there you are, how are you? How’s your wife? Chuza. We’re alright, sir, a little problem with cockroaches in the plumbing but nothing we… Herod. Never mind …

A woman went walking in her dreams one night, and suddenly growing wings she was able to fly over the gulf between earth and heaven. She found herself landing on …

A group of actors readers present this piece – it may be read with scripts or acted out. Cast – Jesus, peter, Andrew, a teenager, and a couple of other …

Jesus: Well, you made a mess of that, didn’t you? Peter: What? Jesus: Yesterday, bit of a shambles wasn’t it? Peter: What? You mean sinking when I tried to walk …