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| The Frequently Amazing Adventures of Chris & Jen Part 2 - Stewardship is Serving JEN. I thought you were supposed to be at the church rehearsing the Stew and Ward sketch. CHRIS. Oh, I thought I�d stay home and catch upon some TV. They�ve got their scripts. They can work on it on their own. They don't need a director, they�ll do just fine. They certainly don�t need me. JEN. What�s the matter? CHRIS. Oh, nothing�s the matter, it�s just obvious I�m not needed on this project, I�ve already done my little job. I wrote the scripts, I wouldn�t presume to get in their way and direct them. JEN. Chris, tell me what�s bothering you. CHRIS. Why should anything be bothering me? I�m not even here. I�m invisible. Who are you talking to, Jen? Why are you talking to yourself. You�re the only one here. Just look around you. You don�t see any Chris Johnson, do you? And don�t bother looking in the bulletin insert this morning, because there isn�t any Chris Johnson in there either. JEN. Oh, so that�s the problem. CHRIS. �...three Sundays from today, Stew and Ward performed by Pat Anderson and Aaron Jacobs, present by� the Stewardship committee.� There�s only three people on the Stewardship committee. Pat Anderson, Aaron Jacobs and ME. Their names appear in big bold print. And where was my name? Aside form my driver�s license� nowhere! Well, that�s just fine. They don�t need me, they don�t have to have me. JEN. Chris, you�re being childish. CHRIS. No I�m not. JEN. Yes you are. CHRIS. No I�m not. JEN. Yes you are. CHRIS. No I�m not. JEN. Yes you are. CHRIS. No I�m not, no I�m not, no I�m NOT! Only a fool breaks his back to do work that is appreciated by no one. I�ve got more important things to do with my time. JEN. Like watching Little House on the prairie reruns? CHRIS. It�s a marathon. They�re showing them all in sequence. JEN. You know, if you�re not there to direct them, they�ll do Stew and Ward with those bad British accents. CHRIS. Let �em. It�s their problem, not mine. JEN. Chris, if God actually came right up to you and asked you to do something, and he said, �You�re not going to get any credit for this, but I will appreciate it," would you do it? CHRIS. Of course I would. JEN. Well, that�s what he was asking when he gave you the talent to direct, and the opportunity to direct and write fort the church. You�re good at it. I�m a good artist, so I help with decorating. Susan�s good with people so she does hospitality; Chuck�s good with numbers, so he always volunteers for counting the offering. We�re all called to help each other. If we obsess about getting credit, if we�re just looking out for ourselves, then each of us only has one person looking out for himself. But if we work together and share our abilities, if we all look out for each other, then each of us has everybody looking out for us. CHRIS. I�m being childish. JEN. Well, you were just disappointed� CHRIS. NO, I�m being childish. JEN. I won�t argue with you. CHRIS. Well, if I get over there now, I can probably catch them and get some rehearsal in. Maybe I�ll let them try those British accents. JEN. You�re the director. |