Monday Rewrite

The walls had risen around them, so slowly they had not noticed. But now they felt it, the bricks of cynicism and self-doubt and confusion. And of drifting in a …

by James Clarke Yesterday – in the Temple, I saw something that took me back 30 years in a moment. A man was talking – arguing really – with the …

The three prophets Zechariah, Jeremiah and Elijah (Z, J and E) meet up for a chat. Z. I’m trying to plan my sermon for Sunday but I’m getting nowhere. J. …

I dreamt last night that I went to the stable. I’ve thought about it often but this was my first true visit. I dressed up in my best clothes, scrubbed …

He looks into those eyes, new and bright, searching and soft. And he can sense his own gaze softening. His own heart opening a little. There is something in this, …

A reading for one or two voices. 1. If God had let worry cloud his vision he may well not have set the wheels of time in motion. 2. If …

I had everything and nothing. Wealth, status, power, they lay around me like yesterday’s toys. You can be the envy of others who don’t know the rest of you. The …

He stares at the baby, tears gathering at the corners of his eyes. When he lost his voice he wondered, now his wonder is of another kind. He may wonder …

Martha: Hi Mary. Mary: Hi Martha, how’s it going? Martha: Oh you know, the usual, busy busy busy. Mary: I hope you’re factoring in some breathing space. Martha: Well you …

Every morning those ancient words call me back, back to that crossroads. That place of quiet glory, that place of reminders and rediscovery, of the old way that is fresh …

James is lurking in the doorway, his huge body bent a little and sagging with regret. He’s making the others nervous. Even this far from the city there is danger. …

Easy to forget it was a garden full of trees, and they could pick the fruit off any of them. Any at all. It was only the one, the one …

He’ll wait all night if he has to, While those who think they have the power, Are floundering, flustered, chasing their tails, Tripping over their feet, concocting their tales, Empty …

A thought – miracles often come complete with skin and bone, flesh and blood. As Saul looks up now, dust and grime on his face, his threats and sadness and …

Lord you know what we need, What we want, and what is possible. You see the bigger picture here, there and everywhere. So today we want this_____ We need this_____ …

She is getting her nails done. Again. And her eyes. And her lashes. And pretty much everything else. She is well aware she is way more than this. More than …

In the garden of Gethsemane Jesus prayed two prayers: ‘Rescue me’ and ‘Let it be.’ ‘If possible take this cup from me.’ Then, ‘Not my will but yours.’ Two prayers …

Peter doesn’t know it but he’s about to make the discovery of a lifetime, a discovery of life itself. – So, what’s the word on the street? Jesus says. – …

And seeing the crowds, lost and wandering and confused and empty he had compassion and wanted to help them. – Send them away, says Philip, so they can fend for …

Cast: Narrator, Moses, two sheep, a bush. The Narrator reads the lines in bold. Hello everyone, I’m the narrator. Hopefully the audience will say ‘Hello!’ And this is Moses. Moses …