God's Voice
John 12:20-36
Drama
by Robert F. Crowley

Theme: How do we distinguish God's voice from all the clutter we hear every day? There are a few who will hear.

Summary: A crowd is gathered to hear Jesus teach. But what a crowd. Among the believers are the pragmatists, the skeptics, and the non-believers.

Playing Time: 4 minutes

Setting: Holy Land

Props:
Wheat grain
Flowerpot with soil

Costumes: Period costume for Jesus, modern for crowd

Time: The Time of Jesus

Cast:
Jesus
Soman -- a face in the crowd
Buno -- another face in the same crowd
Garna -- a doubting face
Namas -- the last face
God's Voice

(SOMAN, NAMAS, GARNA AND BUNO ENTER.)

SOMAN: Well, here we are.

NAMAS: Jesus will be here soon.

GARNA: What if he doesn't show up?

SOMAN: We'll have wasted a whole day. We could have been buying and selling.

BUNO: I don't have a l…

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