Monday Rewrite

A phone call: Ah good morning, is that the estate agents? Yes, it’s Dan Mitchell here. Yes, I’m looking to sell some of my land and want to get an …

A simple sketch which could be done as a reading with three readers and scripts, or enacted as a piece of drama. Based on John chapter 3. Narrator: Jesus and …

They shuffle out of the darkness, she is a little older than him, but their eyes are equally wide. They look around, expecting the bustling place to have come to …

It was a three day walk from his home in Galilee to the Jordan, but he was grateful for the time it gave to reflect and breathe. Walking did that …

A man took a walk in a public garden when a figure stepped from the shadows. ‘We have an appointment,’ Death said to the man. ‘So we do,’ said the …

I look back on it every year around this time. And I can’t help but wonder – was it our fault? Did we start it? We’d been on that road …

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes …

News presenter: ‘We go over live now to Colin Cribbage at the sight of the discovery.’ Reporter: ‘Thank you Kirsty, yes I’m here at what might well be the discovery …

An Interactive version of the Nativity, including carols to be sung between the verses. Could be done in a service or assembly, or outside, or in a real life barn. …

Final part of this 3 part reflection. For part 2 click here. Swaying, so much swaying, he feels a bit strange. A little queasy. The movement goes on, and it’s …

Part two of a three part reflection on Jesus in the womb. To read Part One click here. There has been more anger, more growling, he feels it as she …

A rhythm. He can hear a rhythm. One beat after another. Ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum. A heartbeat just a little slower than his own. Comforting, reassuring, reliable, as he makes this voyage, …

Joe. Mary! The census cards have come. Mary. What census cards? Joe. The ones for the voting. We have to go to Bethlehem to register our existence. Mary. Won’t make any difference. …

A reading about the nature of the love of God. Music composed and performed by Simeon Wood, narrative read by Glen Kefford, written by Dave Hopwood. My Lord, who are …

A hand pushes up through the earth, the flesh rotten, the nails broken and black. For a moment the dead thing stays there, sticking up, like a discarded piece of bony …

Cast: Rob (the presenter), Simon Peter (the disciple) and James, Joanna and Paul (the panellists) Rob: Our next round is called ‘This is my…’ where we bring on a mystery …

(Zacchaeus make a phone call) Ah good morning, I’m inquiring about the insurance policies you offer. Yes that’s right. For climbing a tree. Yes, I know it’s a daft idea, …

He hopes he never forgets. When he first smelt the fire and wood smoke it almost made him retch. Certainly his stomach flipped and he tasted bile in his mouth. …

Jesus looked at the people, and his heart went out to those who were lost. And so he said to those listening, ‘What woman having ten silver coins, if she …

Unless you become like a teenager It is quite difficult to enter the kingdom of heaven. Without possessing dreams, Without going against the grain, Without a taste for rebellion against the …