"I am content with persecutions for Christ’s sake ..." 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Characters:
Lector
Announcer
Antagonist
Protagonist

Participants enter and take their places in the chancel. As they come forward, the congregation sings the hymn "In the Cross of Christ I Glory." When the hymn is completed, the drama begins.

LECTOR: I am most happy ... to be proud of any weaknesses, in order to feel the protection of Christ’s power over me. I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

ANNOUNCER: In regional news this evening, there’s a report out of Damascus that the young Jewish zealot, Saul of Tarsus, has suffered what could turn out to be a critical setback in his one-man campaign to clean out nest…