Category: Advent and Christmas

Thanksgiving and Christmas come wrapped in tradition. Turkey with all the trimmings. Family, fun, and football. Christmas trees, cookies, and caroling. We celebrate in different ways, but we all long for meaningful memories and traces of the transcendent.

 Is there a way to find that? Especially when our special ways of celebration get interrupted by unexpected life changes. 

Giving birth to our son on Christmas Eve changed our plans—and our lives—significantly. But it also gave me a much deeper appreciation of what really happened that first Christmas night. 

“Birth Pains” is my gift to you. May it bring hope and comfort to those going through hard times. God knows and cares. 

Birth Pains

Do we really think Emmanuel
slid silently into our world
on a quiet, peaceful night?

My firstborn came
crying, kicking, gasping for air
as I shivered and shook,
exhausted from panting, pushing, praying.

Was Christ’s coming less labored?

Or do we sterilize the stable,
sentimentalize the saga,
and ceremonialize the incarnation
to minimize the birth pains
Father, mother, and baby suffered as
God stripped Himself of glory that night . . .
giving, grieving, groaning
to be one with us . . .
so we could be one with Him?

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16, NKJV. God’s birth pains offer us eternal  life. There is no greater gift!

Conversations with Gabriella is one of my favorite scripts! Why? Gabriella. She’s a delightful,
but somewhat daft young angel, who is distressed by Gabriel’s strange missions to Earthlings.
Why should the great Gabriel leave Heaven to deliver messages to Zechariah, Mary, Joseph, and
a few shepherds?

You may know the story, but Gabriella sure didn’t. And neither do many of your friends, neighbors, and co-workers. Why not plan a Christmas tea, holiday luncheon, or dinner drama that shares God’s incredible plan of redemption in a fun setting?

Conversations with Gabriella features four five-minute sections separated by music. It can be performed as readers theater or staged with scenery, costumes, props, and flair. The musical selections between sections give a sense of time passing and enhance the performance.

Conversations with Gabriella is FREE from now until October 16. Why not take advantage of this opportunity to plan a special Christmas outreach in your community? You’ll find great joy in sharing the true meaning of Christmas.

Bring the miracle of Christmas to life this year! Conversations with Gabriella takes you above the scenes where you’ll experience Christmas from a fledgling angel’s viewpoint as she quizzes Gabriel about his secret missions to earth.

Designed to delight as it highlights God’s incredible plan for redemption, this four-part drama offers fresh insights on God’s mysterious interactions with Zachariah, Mary, Joseph, and the shepherds. It can be staged in five-minute segments each week in Advent or used as a stand-alone program for a memorable outreach event.

Although it can be staged as a delightful 30-45 minute program when combined with musical interludes, it can also be performed effectively as readers theater with simple staging and passionate reading. Take a look at the script and let your artistic creativity imagine how you could bring Conversations with Gabriella to life this Christmas season. It has the potential to penetrate hearts and change lives in a generation where many are obsessed with the supernatural but clueless about what it means to know the living God.

And if you don’t think Conversations with Gabriella is right for your situation, please check out the other monologues and two-piece dramas available for Christmas. They’re a bargain at 50% off!