Luke 12:54-59 · Interpreting the Times

54 He said to the crowd: "When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, 'It's going to rain,' and it does. 55 And when the south wind blows, you say, 'It's going to be hot,' and it is. 56 Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don't know how to interpret this present time?

57 "Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right? 58 As you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, try hard to be reconciled to him on the way, or he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. 59 I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny. "

This Present Time
Luke 12:54-59, Luke 12:49-53
Drama
by Robert F. Crowley
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Theme: Can we analyze the present time as well as analyze the weather? Jesus says we'd better learn.

Summary: A father and daughter are talking about the weather and the daughter longs for her mother and brother from whom she and the father are estranged. A family drama emphasizing our inability to see the signs of the present age.

Playing Time: 3 minutes

Setting: A house

Props: Some business papers

Costumes: Contemporary, casual

Time: The present time

Cast:
Dad
Wendy -- 15 years old

WENDY: (ENTERS AND CROSSES TO DAD, WHO IS WORKING ON SOME PAPERS) Dad, do you think it's going to rain?

DAD: It looks like it.

WENDY: How do you know that, Dad?

DAD: Look, there, see that black cloud rising in the west?

WENDY: Sure. It is a black one.

DAD: Well, when you see that, it means it's go…

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