Posts tagged ‘Bible’
How to do drama #37 Rewriting the Bible
Churches have sensibilities. Jonah can negotiate with a fish, John can prefer garlic bread but Jesus can’t change his menu. How can Christian drama negotiate this?
Deep Roots – a drama script about the sower and the seeds
What did the weed say to the corn? This sketch presents the parable of the sower from the plants’ point of view to restore some of the original impact which is a little lost on our urban society.
Inspired by television
The ideas and inspiration for writing can come from anywhere – our Script of the Month “The Hotel Inspector” came from necessity – and television.
Mind your language – the minefield of paraphrase
Over at BiteMyBible there is a discussion about the acceptability or otherwise of translating the Bible into dialect or colloquial language. Those preaching, leading worship or presenting dramas want to make the Bible accessible – but it is a balancing act with few right answers!
In a Bad Way – a drama script about the good samaritan
The parable of the Good Samaritan raises the question: why did two apparently holy men walk on by? This story is probably so familiar that we just see the characters in black and white, but by giving them plausible motives we can begin to ask ourselves, what would we have done?
Darwin at 200 – time for the church to own up?
150 years ago, Charles Darwin suggested an explanation for the wealth of animal types on this planet. In doing so he caused a storm of controversy that has never gone away. But has the church damaged itself by choosing the wrong side of the argument?
