Summary: When girlfriends talk about names, one questions the importance of a name, which opens the discussion for the ultimate Name.
Style: Light-hearted. Duration: 5min
Actors: 3F
Characters: Sadie, Missie, Becca
Props: Table, 3 chairs, wallet size or 4X6 picture, 3 sodas with straws
Setting: 3 friends sitting around a table having a conversation, sipping on sodas. Missie’s holding a picture, showing it to her friends.
Script:
Sadie: So what’s his name?
Missie: Kyle.
Sadie: That’s not a bad name; don’t know that I’d want to name my son that.
Becca: WHAT son? Is there something you’re not telling us, Sadie?
Sadie: (laughing) No! It’s just that I think about names, you know, for my future kids.
Missie: Yeah? So what names do you like?
Sadie: I like strong names, at least for boys; like Steele or Seth.
Becca: Seth - as in the son of Adam and Eve?
Sadie: Yeah – I like the name – it’s kinda cool. She named him Seth because she was rejoicing when God gave her another son after she lost one.
Missie: You mean after his brother killed him! Ewwwww.
Sadie: Well it’s not like I’d be naming one of them Cain! Back in the time of the Bible, names had specific meanings.
Becca: So do you think my name means something?
Sadie: I’m sure it does. Becca is short for Rebecca – she was a wonderful woman of the Bible.
Missie: What does my name, Missie, mean?
Sadie: What’s your real name?
Missie: Missie.
Sadie: Uh...
Becca: Yeah, Rebecca was pretty cool; except for that deception thing.
Missie: Deception?
Becca: She had two sons and she helped her favorite son steal the other one’s blessing.
Missie: Oh, like Kristen Stewart? She seems nice, but was in those yucky Twilight movies!
Becca: Uh...
Sadie: Sometimes a name is just a name.
Becca: Except for Jesus. His name is above all names.
Sadie: Well YEAH…
Becca: So what does Jesus mean, anyway?
Sadie: “He takes away the sin of the world”.
Becca: I’m glad He lived up to His name!
Sadie: Me, too!
Becca: And then some! Could you imagine if He didn’t?
(all three take drinks of their soda)
Missie: (brightly) But He did live up to His name! (slight emphasis on “did”) Right?
Sadie: (warmly) Missie, you are so right! (Missie beams)
(all three resume drinking)
LIGHTS OUT
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