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| The Frequently Amazing Adventures of Chris & Jen Part 1 - Stewardship is Learning CHRIS. Oh, this is terrible. JEN. What�s the matter, Chris? CHRIS. Well, I�m working on the new Stew and Ward sketch for Stewardship Sunday and it�s just...well..Jen, it�s terrible. JEN. Read me some. CHRIS. Okay, I thought I�d go with kind of a rhyming thing. Stew says � I don�t know why I have to spend my time and all my money. At a church where pancake breakfasts all have syrup that�s too runny�...and then Ward says. You better straighten up and pay the Lord what he�s got coming. You owe him after all because without Him you�d be bumming. It�s only fair and there�s no telling what you�ll then achieve. But disgrace Him and you'll fall from grace like Adam and�� � after that I draw a blank. JEN. �Eve? CHRIS. Eve! (snaps) Perfect! (scribbles it down, looks at it) This is still pretty terrible. JEN. Well, I won�t argue with you. CHRIS. I don�t know, maybe it�s these characters. Maybe they need to be spiced up. Maybe if they were thrown into a different setting like a historical setting� JEN. How about a Biblical setting? Yeah, they could be on the ark, talking to Shem, Ham and Japheth. CHRIS. Who are they? JEN. Noah�s sons? CHRIS. Oh! Yeah, I knew that! JEN. Right. Or hey, you could put them right there on the road to Damascus. CHRIS. What happened there? JEN. um� that�s where Saul had his vision and became Paul the Apostle. CHRIS. Well, sure, I was just testing you on that one. JEN. Uh-huh. Ooh! How about putting them in with Daniel in the lion�s den! That would be a great story. Why don�t you look that one up? CHRIS. Good idea. Which, um (He gets a Bible) which book is it in? JEN. (Shakes her head) Try Daniel. CHRIS. Oh. JEN. Chris you really need some brushing up. You know, the adult Bible study� CHRIS. Woah, slow down, stop right there. I�m a grown man. I�m not going back to Sunday school. I�ve done my time. JEN. I�m in that class. I think it�s great. Studying as an adult, it gives the bible a whole new perspective. I�m getting things out of it I never could when I was a kid in Sunday school. CHRIS. Like what? JEN. Well� the fact that God offered his only son to die for us. I always assumed that was a big deal, but I really never thought about it. Now that I�m a mother, I can only begin to imagine what a painful sacrifice that must have been. CHRIS. Oh, I get it. Yeah, I bet the story of Jonah would take on a whole new meaning for me, because of all my fishing experience. JEN. Well, something like that. Anyway, besides using your experience to see the bible in a new way, in other classes the bible helps you see your experiences in a new way. Getting a Christian perspective on marriage, employment, social problems� CHRIS. Baking techniques� JEN. Well� maybe. Anyway, I�m glad you�re getting the idea CHRIS. Hey, maybe they should have a poetry class. That would really help my writing. JEN. Well, it couldn�t hurt. |