I shared these words some years ago … words I still don’t entirely understand. In my own way, as a follower of Jesus, I have tried to live out these words. I’ve not always succeeded but, on balance, I expect I’ve done more good than harm. I have received more than I’ve given. These are the words: “One may become a Living Parable as one’s life becomes more and more conformed to the life of Jesus, so that one’s life both instructs and puzzles the wider society. Parabolic living and witnessing the gospel give us the power to transform to lives.”* 

*Paraphrased from The New Interpreter’s Handbook of Preaching, December, 2008.