Reflecting Jesus

When people watch us do they see a caring, supporting, loving person, or do the see someone with whom most would not care to associate? When they hear us, when they watch what we are doing . . . do they see Jesus? Are we a reflection of Jesus?

 Cast:  15 (m or f)

• Roles can be expanded or reduced by adjusting lines:
  • Jules
  • Alex
  • Bailey
  • Micah
  • Kyle
  • Harper
  • Charlie
  • Taylor
  • Drew
  • Logan
  • Reagan
  • Sawyer
  • Kennedy
  • Jaden
  • Hayden

Bible Reference:   2 Corinthians 3:18

Set:  bare

Lighting:  standard

Sound:  wireless mics if available

Song: 

Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace
Sheet music https://hymnary.org/files/previews/214709/A722.pdf

SFX: none

Costumes:  standard

Props: large mirror

Special Instructions:   none

Time:  13 with music

Sample of script:

Scene: A simple stage with a mirror (real or imaginary) positioned center stage.

(Bailey enters the stage, notices the mirror, and moves toward it. Bailey looks at his/her reflection, combs hair, touches face.)

(Other actors begin entering gradually and gather nearby, observing Bailey. They smile.)

Jules:
Careful of the mirror, Bailey—you just might break it!

Alex:
Poor mirror can only put up with so much suffering, Bailey! I mean, after all, just so much glass can stand before it, like, blows.

(Bailey, still looking in mirror, dramatically gestures to own features.)

Bailey:
You guys are just jealous. You know you can never be as gorgeous as me. See my beautiful hair, perfect skin, not one imperfection. And these eyes—knockout is what!

Micah:
Yeh, that’s it for sure, Bailey! Something tells me you maybe need an eye checkup, like real quick.

Kyle:
You are OK, Bailey, but not sure you can claim to be gorgeous!

Harper:
Just like Jules and Alex said—best if you stay away from mirrors, Bailey!

Charlie:
I like the mirrors at the Hall of Mirrors at the state fair. They make you look all goofy. Ever do that, guys? Thing I like about those big old mirrors is that they make you look... skinny and... nice.

Taylor:
What are you complaining about, Charlie? You’re already all skinny and all.

Drew:
I could handle looking skinnier too, just sayin’... But it is what it is.

Reagan:
Forget it, you guys! Like they say... mirrors don’t lie! The reflection in the mirror is the real you. What you see is what you get.

Logan:
But... is the reflection the real you?

Kennedy:
Seems to me you guys are doing a lot of worrying about stuff that just isn't all that important.

Hayden:
I agree, Kennedy. Stop fussin’ over the small stuff! There’s a whole bunch in life much more important!

Logan:
No one seemed to listen to my question... is the reflection the real you?

Sawyer:
Give it up, Logan! Believe me, the reflection in the mirror is as awesome as you will ever get.

Taylor:
Are any of us the real real—or is it just who you want to be at the time? I mean, aren’t we all in construction? Never the same as we were yesterday, not the same as we will be tomorrow?

Kennedy:
Not at all sure what you are saying there, Kennedy. But it is best you just live with the reality, Logan!

Logan:
Ya, but like my Mom always says... I am the identical reflection of my Dad. And my Dad is like, old! And some gray... and getting bald... And... none of those things I am ever gonna be if I can help it!

Reagan:
Forget that! Fact is, getting older—and going through that kinda stuff—just happens.

Jaden:
You can run but you can’t hide, Logan. My Pop says, “Old age is like taxes!” Gonna happen to everyone!

Hayden:
You guys are mixing things up! A mirror reflection is like something that looks identical. So it’s a visual thing. But being a reflection of your dad is different. Logan, you don’t look exactly the same, but sometimes the way you act... and react... you for sure remind me of your dad.

Jayden:
Ya, for sure. Like the dumb jokes you two tell.

Logan:
I reflect that comment, Jayden!

Bailey:
I think the word is reject, not reflect, Logan.

Jules:
Best just ignore it, Bailey. My guess is that was another dumb joke Logan and his dad sometimes tell... Like, why did the chicken sit at the middle of the highway?

Drew:
That’s an old one, Jules. The chicken sat at the middle of the highway ‘cause she wanted to lay it on the line.

Logan (laughing):
Those chicken and egg jokes just crack me up!

Micah:
Thing is, Logan, they are only funny the first hundred times you tell them. And that was time gazillion, OK?

Harper:
OK, so back to what we were talking about before this train went so badly off the tracks...

Bailey:
So this reflection thing... what is the lesson here—assuming there is one hidden around, and in spite of, Logan’s questionable jokes...

Logan:
You for sure love my jokes, Bailey, don’t try to fool me!

Bailey:
Grrrrrrr!

Alex:
So when people say you are a reflection of someone else, but you don’t physically look like that person... it means that what you say and do remind others of that person, right?

Micah:
I get it. Or how you act in some circumstances reminds you of another person.

Kyle:
I remember before we moved here I went to a church where there was this really awesome Sunday School teacher, Mr. Wilson. I didn’t know anyone there but Mr. Wilson, he just looked after me, made me feel part of the group. My Mom said Mr. Wilson was a reflection of Jesus. I didn’t really understand what she meant, but now I kinda do.

Harper:
Wow! “Being a reflection of Jesus!” That’s amazing!

Charlie:
Sunday School teachers... and pastors and stuff like that for sure I guess can be a reflection of Jesus.

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