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| The Frequently Amazing Adventures of Chris & Jen Part 3 - Stewardship is Sharing JEN. Well, congratulations on the Stew and Ward sketch. Mary just called from the church Office and said they�re going to be asking you to direct more drama. By the way, here�s your mail. CHRIS. How come you always get the fun mail? Ed MacMahon never sends me anything. (Opens a letter). Oh, cool! A promotional special for the new LazerQuest game. Only forty bucks! JEN. You�re going to spend forty dollars on another computer game? You don�t even play the ones you have. You�re always playing next door on Chuck�s computer. CHRIS. He has a better monitor. I don�t know it�s really not in the budget I guess (opens another letter) Hey, a letter from that mail order thing. I thought I paid that in full. Oh! It�s a check. I overpaid! JEN. What mail order thing? CHRIS. The Backscratcher of the Month Club. Look! It�s forty dollars. Exactly what I need for the LazerQuest game in unexpected income. (Opens another letter). Is that fate or what? From church. Oh yeah. The annual drive for the meals program. Forty dollar donation to get the sweatshirt this year. Wow, that�s more than they were asking last year. I don�t know if I can afford a big donation like that. JEN. What do you mean? You just got that exact amount. CHRIS. Yeah, but that goes to the LazerQuest game. Fate, remember? JEN. How come it�s not fate for the meals drive? CHRIS. Because I got the LazerQuest first. JEN. You got them together. You just opened that one first because it was a more colorful envelope. CHRIS. (Shrugs his shoulders) Fate. JEN. (She hears a phone ring). I�ll answer the phone. When I come back, I�ll expect you to have turned back into an adult. (She leaves) CHRIS. (Calling after her) I refuse to feel guilty! Donations are voluntary. I give regularly. I volunteer my time. I work hard during the week. I deserve state-of-the-art recreation. God understands. If I donated the money out of guilt, it wouldn�t be a true donation. But by getting the computer game, I�ll improve the quality of my leisure time, so I�ll actually require less leisure time, and I�ll become a happier, healthier person, which will enable me to make better, more meaningful contributions to society and my fellowship community. I�ve made my decision. JEN. (Entering again) Guess who just called. CHRIS. (With great conviction) Before you say anything, I�m just letting you know, I�ve made my decision. I�m donating that money to the meals drive and I�ll tell you why. It�s not out of guilt, and I know that�s what you�re thinking� JEN. I wouldn�t think a thing like that. CHRIS. It�s not out of guilt, and it�s not out of duty, and it�s not even out of a belief in some weird spiritual money equation where I think God is going to give me a twenty percent increase return on my investment, although it�s been known to happen. I�m donating the money because I want to. I think it�s an important program, and I want to do what I can to help make sure it keeps going. JEN. So what about the computer game. CHRIS. Well� you�re right. I�ve got enough computer games. Besides, they�re a waste of time. I think I�m giving them up for a while. They�re� a little childish. JEN. That�s too bad. Because Chuck just called from next door. He was inviting you over to play his new LazerQuest game. CHRIS. Cool! (He runs away) JEN. (Looks up) You sure work in mysterious ways. (Exit) |