This is a brief educational skit done in the style of the television show ‘This Is Your Life”, written for my church’s annual Reformation party.
We used this TV show idea once before, when presenting a skit on St. Ambrose, and it was such a success that we had to try it again. The best part about it is that no one (aside from, perhaps, the Announcer and Tyndale) needs to memorize any lines, as they are almost all delivered from behind a curtain.
The script is specifically written to involve everyone in the church who wants to participate. We’ve seen our pastor and session, older women, young adults, and small children all performing together, and part of the fun of the skit is the casting. For the debut performance, we had a local printmaker as Peter Schoeffer, a former philosophy major as Erasmus (he chose to add a heavy New York accent to the character), and all the children at the party on stage. View Full Post
I lost my soul somewhere–
I’m not quite sure where–
Perhaps it grew weary of my brambled nest
And like a fledgling bird,
Leapt over the side–
Or perhaps, like a fish’s scale, it
Glittered–and then was gone–
Perhaps like a candle, burning, burning,
Then extinguished by the first gentle puff
Of wind, trails into a wisp of smoke,
It melted invisibly–or perhaps it shriveled
Like a raisin in the sun. –Who knows?
Philip Hilton rhapsodizes,
No millstone girds that swimmer
Just sinking in that swell.
No vicious shark tugs at him,
As his soul departs for — well,
Let’s not be rash.
Drum muß uns sein verdienstlich Leiden recht bitter und doch süße sein.
So his meritorious Passion must for us be truly bitter and yet sweet.
Where I live, the weather almost always gets drizzly around Good Friday. But the clouds aren’t darkening like they are in winter. Usually, Daylight savings has already hit and the sun’s angle makes the overcast seem brighter than usual. I can’t help but thinking that’s appropriate. Rainy weather is sad, but at the beginning of spring, it’s bright.
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