I'm considering a new essay on Parsifal, Cassandra, and The Emperor (and his new clothes) as a metaphor for institutional silence.

https://open.substack.com/pub/brywillis634737/p/working-title-parsifal-cassandra?r=pvxh5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

I've got a working thesis and an abstract. This started as a commentary on The Fisher King, but it's expanded to all three

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Okay, Father, this sermon illustration might be going a bit far.

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I’m anxious to return to the Parable of the Sower with @Bigdad1211 tonight during Sunday School Express! Please join us — and bring your questions with you! https://youtube.com/live/IvpiSUiO6kg

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Please join @Bigdad1211 and me as we begin a new Sunday School Express series exploring the parables. https://youtube.com/live/2bmu2IrBNGw

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Parables of Jesus - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parables_of_Jesus

🤔🗣️🌏🌐✝️👑❤️‍🔥🕊️💦💁‍♀️Roots and sources💁🏼‍♀️As a translation of the Hebrew word מָשָׁל mashal the word parable can also refer to a riddle. In all times in their history the Jews were familiar with teaching by means of parables and a number of parables also exist in the Old Testament. The use of parables by Jesus was hence a natural teaching method that fit into the👉
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🗣️🌏🌐✝️👑❤️‍🔥🕊️💦🙏🛐💁🏿‍♀️In Western civilization, these parables formed the prototype for the term parable and in the modern age, even among those who know little of the Bible, the parables of Jesus remain some of the best known stories in the world👉
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