JOHN: Hey God…
GOD: Hey John.
JOHN: We’re back.
GOD: We sure are.
JOHN: Feels great.
GOD: Yeah…great.
JOHN: I’ve been coming out here since I was a little kid.
GOD: I remember. I was there.
JOHN: Yeah. Sometimes I try to think back to what it felt like…especially on my first time at camp.
GOD: You were nervous.
JOHN: Yeah.
GOD: You brought enough clothes for six days.
JOHN: I remember.
GOD: You snuck candy into your bag because you were afraid you’d starve.
JOHN: Yep.
GOD: You brought your dad’s cologne because you wanted to smell good.
JOHN: I know.
GOD: We could smell you coming when you got out of the car.
JOHN: I’d forgotten that.
GOD: We nearly had to give you your own small group.
JOHN: Okay…that’s enough.
GOD: And you met me.
JOHN: (a long beat) Yeah. That’s the part I remember most. But it wasn’t like I thought it would be.
GOD: I know.
JOHN: I mean…nobody lectured me….they were just…you know…nice. We laughed and had fun.
GOD: And you didn’t think that’s what God was like.
JOHN: Well…no. But I was wrong.
GOD: But you were wrong.
JOHN: (a beat, then) So…….What’s gonna happen this weekend?
GOD: It depends. What have you prayed will happen?
JOHN: Prayed?
GOD: You know….that’s when you talk to me.
JOHN: Yeah..Yeah, I know what praying means…but well…I guess I don’t know. I guess I haven’t prayed for anything specific. I guess I should have.
GOD: Then go ahead.
JOHN: It’s not too late?
GOD: Duh.
JOHN: Oh. I forgot who I was talking to.
GOD: I get that all the time. So….go ahead.
JOHN: Oh geesh. I’m all mixed up now. I guess I’m not thinking straight.
GOD: Then ask someone else to do it.
JOHN: I can do that?
GOD: Duh.
JOHN: Sorry.
GOD: Go ahead…take a look out there…ask somebody to pray….to pray for what they want to see happen this weekend.
JOHN: Anybody?
GOD: Your choice.
JOHN: (asks someone in the crowd to pray for the weekend) (at the end of the prayer) Thanks. Let’s do this again, okay?
GOD: I’ll be around all weekend.
JOHN: Cool. And any time I need to talk I can just…No. Wait a minute. Let me guess. “Duh,” right?
GOD: Duh. See you John.