During the young people’s story in the Sunday service, a group of teenagers put on a little skit about searching for the right present. One of the actors asked me to join her, handing me a stone. I hesitated. What was I going to be asked to do?
She told the congregation that she had been looking for some Christian Rock but instead had found a Christian with a rock.
This is the time of the year when every breathing child in Sunday School gets seconded into the cast for the annual Christmas pageant. Before you realize it some grownup is slapping a tea towel on your head or sheep ears or a tin foil crown. Next thing you know, you’re on stage.
Drama is a wonderful way to be pulled into the story. And it’s not just for children or teenagers. In this season all of us get pulled once more into this story in which messengers speak amazing words of blessing and promise to the most ordinary of people.
That gives a whisper of hope to even the most uncertain of actors. There is a small but important part for each one of us this Christmas.
Peter
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