Transposed Parables

The parables of Jesus were spoken directly into the everyday life of the people of Jesus’ time. How do we get them to speak directly into the lives that we live today? Here is a feeble attempt to try to bridge that societal gap.
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Re-addressed Letters
As I read the letters in the New Testament I often feel like I’m reading someone else’s mail. And in fact that’s what I’m doing. And I do it because it’s God’s message to us all. But maybe these letters would make far more sense to me if they spoke more directly to me today and to life here in Australia. Here are my attempts to do this: