Travis & God, PAC I 2010
TRAVIS: Hey God! God? You there?
GOD: No, I left the building. Travis, you are the king of dumb questions, you know that?
TRAVIS: Yeah.. yeah, I know. It’s great to be back, isn’t it? I mean...I know you’re here all the time…but at PAC.
GOD: Yeah…yeah it’s always good to come back. Lots of new faces. You notice that?
TRAVIS: No kidding. I’ve met a lot of new people today.
GOD: Like who?
TRAVIS: You mean name ‘em?
GOD: Sure.
TRAVIS: Oh, there’re too many…
GOD: I know…isn’t it great.
TRAVIS: Yeah…it is great…Can I cheat and look at name tags?
GOD: That’s how you got through 7th-grade.
TRAVIS: (a beat, then) Why do I even try to fool you?
GOD: I have no idea. Who’ve you met today?
TRAVIS: (goes to the audience…names several kids…maybe gets them to their feet, puts arm around them as you “introduce” them to God…end with...) I told you there was a lot of ‘em.
GOD: That’s what I like about you, Travis. You get around.
TRAVIS: But I got this problem…I mean, I think it’s a problem. Sometimes at camp I get too….I don’t know…too locked onto people. Onto meeting new friends, having fun…. And then I get to feeling guilty because I’m not thinking about you.
GOD: So what’s the problem?
TRAVIS: Did you just hear me? I said that at camp I keep thinking about all the cool people I’m meeting and the fun we’re having.
GOD: I still don’t get it. What’s the big deal?
TRAVIS: (to the audience) How do you tell God he’s just not getting it?
GOD: I heard that.
TRAVIS: You! I should come to camp to focus on you!
GOD: Who do you think made __________? Who made _____________? Who gave you dance and mime and small groups and guitars? That’s me, Travis! What kind of car do you drive?
TRAVIS: A ____________.
GOD: So when you get in do you start the car by saying, “Thank God for General Motors?
TRAVIS: (a beat, then) No. I think about the car I’m driving.
GOD: Memorize this…
TRAVIS: Okay…
GOD: Every good gift…
TRAVIS: Every good gift…
GOD: Comes down from the father…
TRAVIS: Comes down from the father…
GOD: Who does not change…
TRAVIS: Who does not ….(a beat) … from you. All this fun I’m having…it’s from you.
GOD: James 17:1 You can quote me.
TRAVIS: Thanks. I will. (a beat) It’s gonna be a great weekend. … because you’re in all of us. In (naming the campers you introduced earlier) ______, and ______, and ______.
GOD: Even the hotdogs.
TRAVIS: Even the hotdogs. Mr. West would like that.
GOD: Hotdog. Now get out there and have some…….me. (Travis exits)
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