I've got a great question: "How do I get people to see something that they don't see?" I'm not sure exactly what is the best way to make it happen. It gets at: "Why is it that they can't see and how is it that I came to see something that I previously did not see?"
How does that happen? It seems possible that analogies, similies, allegories, fables, and parables are ways it happens Could it be that the familiar (something we see everyday) can help us see something unfamiliar (something we miss everyday)?
Could that be why Jesus resorted so frequently to parables and to asking people to "behold" what they were missing in plain view? He said one of the reasons he came was to give sight to the blind.
It just might be that the best way to offer sight is to offer a good story that has all the elements of familiarity to teach us to see the unfamiliar. Who knows?
Sincerely,
Jon
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