Travis and God
PAC I, 1
Travis enters....
TRAVIS: Hey God!
GOD: Hey Travis!
TRAVIS: I'm back!
GOD: I see you.
TRAVIS: So.... how you been?
GOD: What?
TRAVIS: How you been?
GOD: Sorry... I...well, I guess I wasn't expecting that question. Nobody asks me how I've been. Gimme a minute.
TRAVIS: You're kiddin'.
GOD: No. Usually when people pray to me they only talk about themselves.
TRAVIS: Gee...that's too bad. I'm....I'm really sorry, Lord.
GOD: Yea. Me too. That's why I made you, Trav.
TRAVIS: Huh?
GOD: I created you...and your friends... to love me. That's the great thing about camp. I get to talk to you more often. And maybe...maybe if we talk enough, you'll learn to love me.
TRAVIS: I...I mean...I do love you, Lord.
GOD: You sure?
TRAVIS: Yea.
GOD: Prove it.
TRAVIS: Do what?
GOD: Prove it. Is that asking too much?
TRAVIS: I mean...no... anything, Lord. I'll do anything to prove I love you.
GOD: Okay. You ever had a puppy?
TRAVIS: Yea. Lots of 'em. I love dogs.
GOD: What if somebody was mean to your puppy?
TRAVIS: I wouldn't like it. He's mine! They treat him bad then they're treatin' me bad.
GOD: Look at there in the audience, Trav. See all those people?
TRAVIS: Yea. There's a bunch of 'em.
GOD: They're mine. I created them. You want to show me how much you love me?
TRAVIS: Sure.
GOD: Then love them. When they do things you don't like, love 'em. When you're jealous of them, love them. When you get hot and tired and cranky and you just want to give up on them... keep on loving them.
TRAVIS: (a long beat, then) I can do this.
GOD: I know you can. I made you. You want to love me, then love them.
TRAVIS: You know, that's pretty cool. You've got everything worked out, don't you?
GOD: That's how I got the job.
TRAVIS: (laughs) It's gonna be a great camp, Lord. The music and the food and the games...
GOD: ...and you can get that stuff at WalMart, Travis. What's gonna make this camp great....is You. How much you love. Got that?
TRAVIS: Cool. So...how you doin', Lord?
GOD: Right now? Pretty good, Trav. Pretty darned good. Now get out there and love. (Travis smile, hugs someone in the front row, then runs off.)