“Everything for me becomes allegory.” (Charles Baudelaire) There’s a lesson, metaphor, parable in every event, when you look for it. The Parable of the Good Samaritan is a lesson in what it means to be a neighbor. The walk by the Israelites to the Promised Land can be a metaphor for our life’s walk toward Heaven. The Wizard of Oz has many allegories…the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, the Lion, even Home! Our world is full of hidden stories. ;-) Jack
FROM ST PAUL IN ST PAUL: and some of the best stories ever told are the Parables. and yet so much of our preaching today lacks this key element. i wonder why... on another note, i lost two relatives last Saturday. Cleo was 96 and Estella (my aunt) was 100. both died 3 hours a part in the same small town in Iowa. ( kind of weird ). we will spend much of this week in Iowa planning and attending wakes and/or funerals. thankfully the weather looks good. hope you are well today, Jack. Easter blessings====JACK: What is the "story/lesson" in Cleo's life? ...in Estella's life?
FROM LBP: But dissecting and analyzing everything gets tiring. On a related note, a podcast I listen to discussed “Hollywood producing legend Robert Evans’ advice on making it: “You learn from success, kid, not failure.”” (Happier in Hollywood ep 39). Which do you analyze more? The successes or the failures?====JACK: Things seemed to turn for me after I went to a workshop where participants talked positively about my ideas and accomplishments. That validation made a big and long-lasting difference Validation by others is a real help.
FROM WALMART REV: "...treasures for discovery!"====JACK: Jesus told a parable comparing our relationship to God to a hidden treasure. “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field."
FROM OUTHOUSE JUDY: The Bible is full of little or big stories! Some are hidden and some are not. Each one of us has stories and parables which would fill volumes! I’m waiting for the next chapter...actually, I’m creating the next chapter! Love your “Winning Words”! They make me think!!!====JACK: Even the most "knowing" Bible person has more to learn.
FROM BLAZING OAKS: When I didn't receive a WW on Monday/23rd, thought you were ill again! Glad to get today's offering when I returned home from taking friends to tour our African American Historical Museum, located in a new bldg. in Spfld! Everything being Allegorical might be stretching it, but if you in that mindset, present events can certainly qualify for a "lesson" or parable! Most pastors are pretty good at taking daily happenings, and using them for examples
and lessons in their messages, it seems to me, and you are one who looks for this kind of thing! Thanks for the heads up to alert us to possibilities!! :-)====JACK: I was surprised when you didn't respond yesterday...especially since it was a sports quote. I checked, and it was sent (perhaps lost in outer space). Of course there can be a lesson in that...thinking the worst...missing what you've liked when it isn't there anymore.
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