Comment: The story of Cain and Abel tapped into experiences I had had with the criminal justice system in years past, and I set it into a rural Wisconsin county. I told it as a short story, but as I look at it now, I see it as something that could be readily dramatized with the help of individuals and with the help of the whole congregation at one point. The narrator can be an older person. Cain and Abel should be young adult men. The pastor can be him/herself as can some of the other participants such as the council chairperson.Genesis 4:1-16

Narrator (from pulpit): After the Gardeners, Adam and Eve, found a piece of good land to farm, they settled down and did fairly well for themselves. Except for the snakes, they got along with the animals. And, just as God had said, Eve wanted Adam a…