What Does Jesus Ask Us to Do: The Parables of Jesus as a Guide to Daily Living
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Ironically, as I was mentally preparing to embark on this incorporeal journey, my father called to chat. During this conversation, in the way only a loving father can, he began to chastise me about using the gifts God had blessed me with in a positive way. My father reminded me that I was a gifted writerhis choice of wordsand a talented visual artist. He encouraged me to revisit these activities and get busy doing something worthwhile with these gifts.
WHAT DOES JESUS ASK US TO DO? The Parables of Jesus as a Guide to Daily Living is the resulting convergence of my fathers exhortative conversation and my personal Lenten covenant. I decided that I would share this reflective commentary with others by chronicling my interpretation of the parables and related Scripture passages. What better way to consummate the end of my spiritual Lenten sojourn than to share this process with others in a published document.
With a renewed commitment and focused plan of action, I began to think about the format that would be appropriate for this treatise. Because I was planning to treat my study of the parables of Jesus as a daily devotional guide, this seemed to be the best way to approach the creation of the book. The result is a recap of each parable, a summary of the meaning Jesus imparted to His audience and a call to action and or personal consideration. Each study concludes with a brief prayer.
As the Lenten season was drawing to a close and my study of the parables was almost complete I began to think of artwork for the cover of what would become WHAT DOES JESUS ASK US TO DO? There were so many beautiful Biblical images that would be suitable. As I leafed through books with exquisitely inspiring images I thought back to the conversation with my father. It was then I decided to create the cover art myself. The result is The Parables Stained Glass Windows, a triptych of three collages depicting an iconic ecclesiastical symbol.
As Easter Sunday drew near I reflected on this spiritual journey through the Parables of Jesus. I considered all I had learned about what Jesus wants from me, what I had learned about my own spirituality and faith. But more importantly I felt a profound sense of accomplishment and a deep sense of gratitude for my fathers love and encouragement.
Helen M. Moss, April 24, 2011
Helen M. Moss
Helen M. Moss is a freelance writer and visual artist living in Dayton, Ohio. She has published a series of essays on her daily challenges with multiple sclerosis in an anthology entitled Have a Little Faith, Trouble Don’t Last Always and had an essay in the May, 2012 issue of New Mobility Magazine. Mrs. Moss is a member of St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Church Visual Arts, Inc. Helen M. Moss has been happily married to Kenneth “Khalid” Moss, noted jazz musician and freelance writer since 1996.
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