John Wrap Up
Cast: 2
older men. These are longtime friends with much dryness to their
banter.
Set: Anywhere a bench or 2 chairs may be
set as a park bench. Action proceeds in dialogue. Script or notes
may be hidden in props (newspaper) if used. Both enter stage
walking towards each other.
Putz
Bonehead
How’s it going.
I’m tired.
I can see that.
I need a unit of power.
Watt.
I said, I need a unit of power.
And I said Watt. That’s
a unit of power.
Ohmmmm.
An ohm is measured resistance.
What?
That’s power.
Watts are power.
You’re a jewel.
No, a joule is how we get to a watt.
What?
Exactly. One joule
per second produces a watt.
How in the world does your wife put up with you?
She doesn’t. She
sends me to talk to you.
Wonderful. I’ll kept
you current.
Current deals with amps.
What?
No watts are power. Amperes deal with current.
Can we talk about something besides electricity?
You brought it up.
What?
There you go again.
A watt is a measured unit of power.
One Joule per second is a watt.
Can we talk about something else?
Sure. What’s on
your mind?
Now you’re talking electricity.
What?
Exactly!
How about we talk about John’s gospel. We both have been reading it.
Yes, we have. You
will have trouble in the world…
But take heart, I have overcome the world.
That’s some good stuff right there. How about, as I have loved you…
So you must love one another.
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples…
If you love one another.
What do you think about this one? I am the bread of life.
Our real sustenance is not food in the physical sense but
God himself and his word. Man shall
not live by bread alone…
But by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
Try this one. I
am the light of the world.
That’s easy. The
world is dark. God is light. Live in the light.
Good one.
Here you go. I am
the door of the sheep.
Jesus is the only way.
He protects his flock. We know
his voice.
And, I am the good shepherd.
Others have come before pretending to be the shepherds of
Israel. Those just came to steal, kill,
and destroy. Jesus came as the Good
Shepherd so we could really live.
Ok, keep it going. I
am the resurrection and the life.
Resurrection is less a special day on the eternal
calendar as it is relationship with the eternal God whom we know through his
Son, Christ Jesus.
I am the way the truth and the life.
The disciples wanted to see the Father. Jesus said if you have seen me then you have
seen him. If you know me, then you know
him. I am the only way to the Father.
I am the true vine.
It’s all about connection and relationship. When we stay connected to God through Jesus
and respond to the Spirit of God within us, we can produce some good fruit.
And everything that we do will be fruitful?
Sometimes God does a little pruning so we don’t waste our
best efforts on things that don’t produce good fruit.
It’s sort of like you’re plugged in or you not.
If you are unplugged, you have no volts.
What?
Watts are power.
Ohmmmm…
Ohms are resistance.
I think that God is going to punish you for being so ornery.
He already has.
What?
Watts are power.
OK, how? HOW has God
punished you?
I have to talk with you every day.
[BOTH THROW THEIR HANDS IN THE AIR, STAND, AND START TO WALK
AWAY]
Putz
Bonehead
[BOTH CONTINUE WALKING OFF STAGE]
God loves you.
Love one another.
God loves you.
Love one another.
Both together to the audience:
GOD LOVES YOU.
Audience responds:
LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
The end.
