The Rich Fool
Luke 12:13-21
Drama
by Robert F. Crowley

Theme: People think a lot about gathering possessions and little about their relationship with God. What are the consequences of this lifestyle?

Summary: The rich fool has an encounter with his soul and learns a lesson -- too late.

Playing Time: 3 minutes

Setting: The rich man's estate

Props: None

Costumes:
Rich Man -- fine robes of biblical times
Soul Man -- modern, Jamaican

Time: The present

Cast:
Man -- a rich fool
Soul Man -- his soul -- a Jamaican
God

(MAN IS STRIDING POMPOUSLY, SOUL FOLLOWS HIM)

MAN: I am a rich man and my ground has brought forth plentifully.

SOUL: I heard dat, Man.

MAN: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

SOUL: Man, do he have some fruits.

MAN: This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I…

CSS Publishing, Lima, Ohio, Lectionary Scenes, by Robert F. Crowley