Do crime and violence and prejudice begin in the home? Here is a family togetherness play for community theatres and churches, and for schools which have not expelled God. A family—two children, their mother and dad, and their grandpa—have a Family Bible Time each evening. In simple language the parents explain the meaning of each Commandment. The children ask questions and sometimes argue about the meaning and how to obey. If all parents were like the parents in this play, most of the violence and hatred and prejudice in our world would go away.

"The father of one of my Sunday School Students asked me to write a book about what I was teaching in Sunday School. He was a young Christian who had little knowledge of the Holy Bible. As the parent of young children, he needed a simple explanation of the Ten Commandments his whole family could undertand," the author told us in submitting her manuscripts. That seed planted in Sylvia Lee Paull's mind grew into this play. Her works have been published in The Living Word, a bulletin for the prison ministry in Kansas City, Kansas, and two of her devotionals were accepted by The Upper Room.

The Rainclouds Study the Ten Commandments teaches the value of family devotional time and shows how Christian values are the same as the mandates of the Ten Commandments. It's an inspiring play and a simple but intelligent study of God's Law.

The play can be performed in a single setting (the front porch of the family home), or in two settings—the porch and the living room. The characters are two children and three adults. Playing time for the entire script is about 30 to 40 minutes; however, each scene may be presented alone as a short skit. Performing each scene at succeeding sessions of a church youth group is one of many effective ways of using the script.

See also: Religious Plays