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Sixties-Something

Album: Gold Audio 14: Meanwhile, In Another Part of Town

Episode: 164

Lesson/Theme: God's unchanging nature; the consequences of drug use; the true source of peace.

Bible Verse: Hebrews 13:8; Revelation 22:13

Characters: Bart, Connie, Whit

Writer: Paul McCusker

Sound Designer: Bob Luttrell

Original Air Date: August 24, 1991

Last Air Date: August 14, 2008

Description:
Bart Rathbone is at it again. He has the whole town whipped up in a frenzy over a 'Remember the Sixties' movement. Everyone is walking down the street in sandals, bell-bottomed jeans, paisley shirts, Nehru jackets, turtlenecks, and psychedelic headbands. Connie thinks it's interesting. Whit thinks it looks as silly now as it did in the '60s. Bart tries to get Whit to join in the fun, but Whit flatly refuses. Connie, however, wants to know more. She goes to the library and checks out a volume of poetry and essays about the '60s written by a man named Josh Guthrie. Connie is very taken with Guthrie's musings about peace, love, and freedom. She searches him out. Connie finds him directing a rehabilitation clinic under an assumed name. Asking Guthrie about his beautiful writing, Connie finds out that he has completely disassociated himself from the '60s. That turbulent decade left him and thousands like him as strung-out & "junkies".They wanted freedom without responsibility. Guthrie tells Connie that they ended up with a drug epidemic, AIDS, and self-absorbed people. While everyone else is grooving to the tunes, he wants Connie to remember both sides of the story. Connie promises that she will. She tells Whit that she wants to introduce Josh to the true source of peace, freedom, and love: Jesus Christ.

Questions:
Why didn't Josh Guthrie want Connie to know who he was? Why do some people take drugs? What would you do if a friend was trying drugs? Is it wrong to chase after peace, freedom, and love? Why or why not? What does Jesus say about doing that?