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Drama

William Grimbol

SETTING: Seven children gathered in a courtyard garden for conversation TIME: Christ's ministry JOHN: Who is he? KEITH: Who is who? JOHN: Him ... the one you are talking about? PETER: Just be quiet. JULIE: As you know, my father is a Pharisee. JENA: As is my father. KEITH: How could we not know? CHRIS: You tell us every time. JOHN: What is a MESS-I-A? PETER: Quiet. Go play. We know they are Pharis...

2. The Elders

Drama

William Grimbol

SETTING: Two elderly couples dining together in a courtyard garden TIME: Christ's ministry RUTH: So look who wasn't at all hungry. (Serving both men) DAVID: (Laughing heartily) Only your cooking could make me eat so much. NATHAN: (Joining in laughter) Yes, such a fine cook. RUTH: You two ... such lies. RACHEL: They said the exact same to me last night. DAVID: (Still laughing) We did? NATHAN: We di...

3. The Family of Judas

Drama

William Grimbol

SETTING: Monologues by the father, mother, brother, sister and grandmother of Judas TIME: Christ's ministry FATHER OF JUDAS: I am just so angry with that ... that Jesus ... that self-proclaimed Messiah ... why he knew exactly what he was doing, taking those twelve fine young men down a dead-end path. You can't tell me for a second that Jesus didn't know what he was doing ... he knew he'd be crucif...

4. The Men

Drama

William Grimbol

SETTING: Four men gathered in a courtyard garden for conversation TIME: Christ's ministry ARNOLD: The man is a lunatic. JOHN: He is beyond that. Claiming to be God. How absurd. ARNOLD: The man is crazy to be preaching and teaching what he does. I mean, really, I am all for helping the poor, or assisting those who are widowed or alone. But ... the idea that the first shall be last? Did you hear tha...

5. The Path of Creativity

Drama

William Grimbol

READER 1 The Resurrection is not ... I repeat ... NOT ... something which happens only at the time of death, nor is it an event that only has impact on our dying. If the Resurrection was important only in terms of what happens beyond Life, and had no real impact or power over what happens during our lives, well, I guess I can honestly say that, then, I would have little use for a faith built on su...

6. The Path of Dignity

Drama

William Grimbol

READER 1 Dignity ... a word not often used these days. Dignity ... a connotation we cannot affix to very many lives. Dignity ... a concept that is eroding, due both to a lack of usage, and a lack of people worthy of that spiritually significant brand. Dignity ... what does the word really mean? I believe that the term is best explained by the lesson we heard read from Hebrews, Chapter 12 ... "run ...

7. The Path of Integrity

Drama

William Grimbol

READER 1 I hate that passage from 1 Corinthians ... a little leaven is all you need ... asking us to be unleavened bread. Who wants to be a flat old stale piece of unleavened bread? I mean, really, who would want to give up their leaven ... the leaven of power ... the leaven of titles ... the leaven of possessions ... the leaven of the good life ... the leaven of popularity or reputation or image?...

8. The Path of Maturity

Drama

William Grimbol

READER 1 Somehow, Lord, everywhere we look in Scripture, the concept of maturity is always fused with our capacity to love, and our capacity to love is always bonded to our ability to first love ourselves. Why? Why did you have to make the task of maturation so brutally simple ... so crucifyingly modest? Why does our maturation migration always have to wing its way home to the context of loving .....

9. The Path of Quality

Drama

William Grimbol

READER 1 We have, all of us, at some point, asked, "Why did He go into Jerusalem on the back of an ass, knowing full well that the symbolism of the event would only serve as a catalyst for his own crucifixion?" We have all wondered whether or not Christ could not have played it smarter, and avoided this whole atoning mess of the Cross. I mean really, could not God have offered us a Son who would h...

10. The Women

John 20:1-9

Drama

William Grimbol

Setting: Five women gathered in a courtyard garden for conversation Time: Christ's ministry Characters: Shirlee Diane Nancy Carol Karen Patti SHIRLEE: Nonsense! DIANE: Quit acting as though you are the only intelligent person present (Pause) ... please. SHIRLEE: Oh, good grief, don't be so offended, but really, miracles? Every year there is some new magician, some new mystic, some awesome mir...

11. The Youth

Drama

William Grimbol

SETTING: Three scenes, in a courtyard garden, where two young people are engaged in conversation TIME: Christ's ministry Scene One MEGHAN: You don't care about anything. You never take a stand. You never have an opinion. You are always Mr. Charm, Mr. Warmth ... everybody likes you ... DEAN: Is there something wrong with that? MEGHAN: Yes. If nobody really knows anything about you. If nobody cares ...

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