The Utopia of the Poor

I’ve talked before about an Hermeneutic of Poverty and about the potential difficulty that the rich (that includes me and, I’m sure, most of my readers) have in understanding the Bible. But it’s not limited to biblical interpretation, just as biblical interpretation itself is not just about biblical interpretation. This hermeneutic of poverty is also [...]

Here is Your Mother

“Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of
Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple
whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, ‘Dear woman, here is your
son,’ and to the disciple, ‘Here is your mother.’ From that time on, this
disciple took [...]

Peace to Shepherds

“There were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy [...]

Merry Christ-mess

We have certainly made a mess of Christmas. But I think originally, when the birth festival was first being celebrated it would have had just the opposite effect. Christmas, or advent, would have made a mess of society, it would certainly have stirred things up amongst the Romans and it may have been quite a [...]

Modern Day Parables

Here at Kingdom Conversations we like to tell subsersive parables.  These are parables that get people to think and make people uncomfortable.  Read some of them and tell us what you think.  Can these stories be improved? How do they make you feel?  Some of them have biblical parallels and others do not:
1.  Andrew, Scott, [...]

On the Shores of Vietnam: A Modern Day Parable (2)

Not long ago, I heard a story of a Vietnamese leader of a city.  His son was getting married and he wanted to throw a huge party for him.  He owned a huge vineyard, and gave his hired hands the day off to hand out invitations to all his friends and family.
The servants passed out [...]

Andrew, Scott and Jonas: A modern Day Parable (1)

Andrew, Scott, and Jonas all worked for Mr. Sanmiser.  Mr. Sanmiser was a cold-hearted miser.  He made his fortune by meticulously analyzing every element of every investment he ever made.  Everything to him was a statistic.  He was known on Wall Street for almost always investing in “sure things.”  He had made 100 million because [...]

Resumes: A Modern Day Parable (5)

There once were two men, one rich and one poor.
They both applied for a job to work a city planner.  The city planner was in charge of overseeing new building projects for the city and for making sure the city parks and city hall ran smoothly.
They both turned their resumes into the mayor.  After a [...]

The Tale of Two Gasoline Pumps: A modern Day Parable (4)

There were two gas owners.  They constantly were competing because there gas stations were right across the streets from one another.  If one would lower the price, the other would also lower the price.
One day, one of the owners from one of the gas stations had an idea.  In the middle of the night when [...]

The Little Police Officer That Could: A Modern Day Parable (3)

Greg had seen Baltimore since he was a little kid.  He had come into the police to try and change things.  He had worked his way up from uni to detective, and now he was task forced to a high-end police narcotics detail.  They worked the streeets.  They were interested in changing things.  The city [...]