As is normally the case, I have ideas for writing on numerous topics. The issue is that I have no ideas for the project I have to finish right now.

I mean, right now. I’m 10 days late for an Easter Monologue I was commissioned to write.

It’s actually a bit of a dialogue, a crowd of children pepper the Apostle John with questions. He takes the four ‘biggie’ questions. The issue is the fourth question.

Here’s the draft so far of the whole thing:

Why is Jesus so important?

Jesus is important because he shows us what God is like. You see, instead of sending us a scroll and reading about God, God sent Jesus. Jesus does what God does so that we can see God. Jesus came as a person so that we could touch God. Jesus says what God says so that we can hear God.

We used to know God by the words Moses wrote. Now we know God because Jesus showed us who God is.Seeing Jesus is like seeing the words of God in action. This is why you hear Jesus called the Word of God. We used to say that if you want to know God, look at the Torah. Now, we say, that if you want to know God, look at Jesus.

Who is Jesus?
Jesus is truly God, truly human, truly one.

Well, that’s saying a lot. Let me say it this way. At the very beginning, before there were people or trees or even daylight, Jesus was already there. Jesus was with God, and Jesus was God. All things were made through Jesus. There is not one thing you can name that was made without him. Life was in Jesus, and that life was the light for everybody.

Not long ago, Jesus became a human being. He was even a child, just like you.He made his home with us. Some of your parents and I walked with him and followed him wherever he went.

He was God with us.

Why did he have to die?
Jesus didn’t have to die. He chose to die because he loves us.

When you were a baby and you broke something, did your mommy or daddy make you pay for it? No, they paid for it, because you were a baby and couldn’t do it yourself. God is the same way. We have all done bad things – including me. Those bad things are called sin. Sin is like a wall that keeps God apart of us.

God loves all of us. He wants to have to be really close to all of us, but sin gets in the way. So God decided to pay for what was broken. The only way to pay, was to send Jesus to earth and have Jesus pay for the damage done. When he died, everything was paid for. The good news is, though, that he also came back to life and he is alive today.

What does it mean that he is alive today?

Remember when we talked about
Jesus came back so that nothing would get in the way ever again. Now, nothing can ever get between God’s love and you. Never ever.
And now that is he

stuck stuck stuck on the last one. Like the rest of it, I’m so accustomed to talking to adults about it, it is very hard to make it palatable for younger children.

Any ideas would be most welcome. Too bad I can’t just make resurrection cookies. 🙂