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Parable: How Much Do You Make?

Two men were chatting at a cocktail party. The first man asks, "What do you do for a living?" "I'm a school teacher." Says the second man. "A school teacher?!!" The first man replied with surprise. "It's such a low-paying field. If you don't … [Read more...]

Parable: Gun Runner

It’s a time of oppression. The citizens form a resistance. The corrupt government is silencing dissidents. One farmer is a gun runner. He buys guns and smuggles them into the country. The man gets caught and is thrown into a jail cell. A … [Read more...]

Parable: To Be Possible

The topic for the day in the children's schoolroom was aspirations. "Class, I'd like you to write down what you would like to be when you're a grown-up." The children shared their responses with the teacher. A doctor. A firefighter. An NBA … [Read more...]

Parable: Compliments, Who Needs Them?

Ted and Betsy have four children. The oldest is Keelie. She's a whiz kid, the smartest in her class. Her teachers praise her, and her friends admire her. Benjamin is a couple of years younger than Keelie. He is an athlete. His talent has been … [Read more...]

Parable: Two Soldiers

It was after an invasion into enemy territory. The soldiers were arguing with each other. They needed to go into an abandoned building to make sure the enemy was really gone, and no booby traps were waiting for them. The young unmarried soldier … [Read more...]

Parable: Age is…

"Hey, Old Man!" The young punk greeted his neighbor on the occasion of his 75th birthday. "Old Man?!!" He responded, "I'm just a man with the energy of three 25-year-olds inside!" Age is just a number. … [Read more...]

Parable: A Primer on Listening

A little girl came home from school with a drawing she’d made in class. She danced into the kitchen where her mother was preparing dinner. “Mom, guess what?” she squealed, waving the drawing. Her mother never looked up. “What?” she said, … [Read more...]

Parable: The King is in the Field

The king's usual place is in the capital city, in the royal palace. Anyone wishing to approach the king must go through the appropriate channels in the palace bureaucracy and gain the approval of a succession of secretaries and ministers. One … [Read more...]

Parable: Marble Jar

Have you heard of the marble jar? This story is about a man worried that time is running out. It was Jim's Medicare birthday. He was 65 years old. He knew the stats: The average person lives 75 years. He did the math. 52 x 75 = 3900 weeks. He … [Read more...]

Parable: Brotherly Love

Two brothers lived on opposite sides of the mountain. One brother had no wife and no children, while the other had a wife and seven children. Each brother feels bad for the other. "My brother has so many mouths to feed. I’ll bring him more … [Read more...]