Our Lenten Journey

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

I wonder if the person who put the seed in the ground was happy to see the birds coming? 

I wonder what the person was doing while the shrub was growing? 

I wonder if the person could take the shrub, which is like a tree and push it all back down inside the seed? 

I wonder if the seed was happy while it was growing?

I wonder where the seed was when it stopped growing? 

I wonder if the birds were happy to find the tree? 

I wonder what the tree could really be? 

I wonder if you have ever come close to this kind of parable tree? 

I wonder what the nests could really be? 

I wonder where this whole place could really be?

The Parable of the Great Pearl

I wonder if the merchant was happy with the Great Pearl?

I wonder what the merchant is going to do now? 

I wonder why the seller was willing to give up something so precious? 

I wonder if the seller was happy with all of his things? 

I wonder what the Great Pearl could really be? 

I wonder what could be so precious that a person would exchange everything for it? 

I wonder if you have ever come close to the Great Pearl? 

The Parable of the Leaven

I wonder who the woman could really be? 

I wonder if the woman was happy? 

I wonder what the bread could really be? 

I wonder what the leaven is, really, in the parable and in life? 

I wonder if you could take the bread that was leavened all over and put it back like it was before the woman hid the leaven in it?

I wonder if you have ever come close to a place where this happens and not just in the parable or making bread?

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

Now, I wonder, who is the neighbor to the person who was hurt, had everything taken from him, and was left by the side of the road half dead?

I wonder if it could be this one? This one? Could it be this one? I wonder if it could be this one?

I wonder who is the neighbor to the robber? That’s not so easy, is it? Could it be this one? How about this one? This one?

Who is the neighbor to the priest?

Who is the neighbor to the Levite?

Who is the neighbor to the Samaritan?

Now I wonder what would happen if the people in the parable were women and not men?

I wonder what would happen if the person find­ing the injured traveler were a child?

I wonder where you are in the story or what part of the story is about you?

The Parable of the Good Shepherd

I wonder if these sheep have names? 

I wonder if the sheep are happy inside the sheepfold? 

I wonder where the sheepfold could really be? 

I wonder if you have ever come close to something like a sheepfold? 

I wonder if you have ever found the good grass? 

I wonder if you have ever had the cool, clear, fresh water touch you? 

I wonder if you ever had to go through a place of danger?

I wonder how you got through? 

I wonder if you have ever been lost? 

I wonder if you have ever been found? 

I wonder if the Good Shepherd has ever called your name? 

I wonder where this whole place could really be?

The Parable of the Sower

I wonder what the seeds could really be?

I wonder if the sower was happy when the birds came and ate the seeds?

I wonder if the birds were happy when they saw the sower?

I wonder who the birds really are?

I wonder what the sower was doing when the seeds could not get their roots in among the stones? Or when the seeds were choked by the thorns?

I wonder what the sower was doing when the seeds were growing in the good earth?

I wonder what the harvest could really be?

I wonder what the sower sold?

I wonder what the sower kept for food?

I wonder if the sower was surprised at the harvest?

I wonder who the sower could really be?