About
the Collection:
These ten skits were written and used for adult Religious Education
classes. Author Mike Hotchkiss says that people will often remember
a point longer if they see it in action as well as hear the words. Each
vignette conveys a Biblical message, and contains characters that can
be played by men or women. References to the scriptures are in the table
of contents for convenience. Everyone likes to act out a part, and these
plays can be memorized or given a “live reading” in the
classroom.
from Cost of Discipleship:
Bob: I see you finished your
carpentry project.
Lee: Such as it is.
Bob: What do you mean? This is a great bookshelf. I’d be proud
to have it in my house.
Lee: Look at it! Not all of the angles are right, the glue shows, there
are two nicks in the side, the stain is uneven, and the varnish came
out streaked.
Bob: It may not be a bookshelf you’d find in a fine furniture
shop, but it’s a nice, useful, respectable shelf in its own right.
Lee: But I want my furniture to be able to be in those fine shops.
Bob: Maybe it will some day, but you have to pay your dues first.
Lee: I’ve been going to those furniture construction courses forever
now. And before those were the furniture repair and refinishing classes.
And before that were my basic and advanced woodshop classes. It seems
like a major portion of my life.
Bob: Yes, you have put a lot of energy into it.
Lee: From the time I made a tie rack in my first wood shop class, I
felt a great attraction to wood—handling it, shaping it, molding
it, fabricating objects with it. Then with the first footstool I made,
I knew I was hooked. I knew I’d want a shop of my own one day
to make furniture and to build it for me and other people.
Bob: That’s quite a dream.
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About
the Playwright:
Michael Hotchkiss has been a member of the Tidewater Dramatists Guild
for over 15 years. During that time, he has had several staged readings
of his works for special audiences. His radio play, The Island, was
a winner in the Writer’s Digest contest for radio plays and he
has published short plays in church magazines.