Go Fly a Kite

What it would be like to have an informal, friendly one-on-one chat with God?

Just . . . chatting. And what if God told you to go fly a kite?

Fact is, God wants to speak with us, and He does speak . . unfortunately we aren’t real good at hearing His voice, or getting into the “God chatting” mode.

Used very successfully for a "Grandma's VBS Program."

Cast: 2 m

• Actor: Male or female, any age
• VOG (Voice of God): Offstage, male, strong voice

Bible Reference: Job 33:14

Set: Bare

Sound: Wireless mics if available

Song: None

Lighting: Standard

SFX: None

Props: Newspaper

Costumes: Standard

Special Instructions: None

Time: 7 minutes

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Sample of script:

actor on stage, reads at newspaper, gets bored, stretching, looks around, upward

Actor: Wow, what a nothing day!
Boooorrring!
Think I will just go to bed for the day.
Might as well do the whole nine yards, do my prayers, maybe not get up until tomorrow some time.
OK then . . . might as well get ready . . .

actor assumes a “praying” look and stance, folds hands and looks upward

Actor: Our Father . . .

VOG: Hi Tim, (or whatever name).

Actor, annoyed: Those Anderson kids down the hall, always making racket when I am trying . . . OK, let’s try this again. . . .
(“praying” again)
Our Father . .

VOG: Hi Tim.

Actor, annoyed: OK, I have had about enough, who is that?

VOG: It’s me.

Actor, confused: “Me”?

VOG: Me.

Actor: As in . ..?

VOG: The I Am, God, the one you seem to like to refer to as your heavenly Father.

Actor: Wow! . . Talking to me? . . . You mean you can do that?

VOG: You are forgetting, I am . .

Actor: Of course, you are . . God. . . . How silly of me, of course you can do, like, whatever you want to, whenever you want to.

VOG: Well, right at the moment Tim, what I would really like to do is . . . chat.

Actor: “Chat”?

VOG: Chat.

Actor: Wow! . . Chatting with God! . . . Wow! What do we, like, . . chat . . . about?

VOG: Anything that's on your mind is a good subject with me.

Actor: As in . . anything?

VOG: Yup, anything is good with me. I noticed you were reading the newspaper, anything good in there?

Actor: Tornadoes, storms, murders, robbery, wars, epidemics . . yeh, awesome good! . . You just wouldn’t believe!

VOG: Actually yes, I would believe, and it breaks my heart.

Actor: Wow, this is like . . wow! . . . Talking to God! . . .Sometimes when I want to talk with my friends they, well, kinda tell me to go fly a kite.

VOG: And do you?

Actor: Do I what?

VOG: Go fly a kite.

Actor: I am not much good at flying kites . . . Besides, I don’t have a kite.

VOG: You got a newspaper, and there’s some branches laying around, I’m sure you can find string, likely put that all together that could make a decent kite.

Actor: Well, I don’t know if . .

VOG: I could likely scare up a bit of a breeze . . .

Actor: Wow! . . . Flying a kite with God . . . I mean . . . Wow! . . Flying a kite with my heavenly Father! . . . Wow!

Actor mimes reeling a kite, watching it soar

VOG: I like this too Tim . . . Only, . . why do you insist on calling me that “heavenly” Father thing?

Actor: Well in the Bible you say you are my Father . .

VOG: Yes Tim, that I do.

Actor: And you live in heaven. . .

VOG: But I am right here beside you right now. . .

Actor: Right beside me, . . wow! . . . That is so awesome scary, in like a good way!

VOG: Well I for sure do dig it.

Actor: “Dig” . . . Wow, you say some awesome things, I don’t expect you to say things
like that.

VOG: What kinda things did you expect me to say?

Actor: Well, you know, a lotta “thee’s” and “thou’s” and “foresooth’s” and stuff.

VOG: Would you understand me if I threw in a bunch of “foresooth’s”?

Actor: Nah, I have no idea what “foresooth” even means.

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