“I suspect that Jesus spoke many of his parables as a kind of sad and holy joke and that that may be part of why he seemed reluctant to explain them because if you have to explain a joke, you might as well save your breath.” IfsWellsKindMayMightJesusHolyJokesBreathsSpokesSuspectsReluctantParables Author:Frederick Buechner
“One learned gentleman, "a sage grave man," Talk'd of the Ghost in Hamlet, "sheath'd in steel"— His well-read friend, who next to speak began, Said, "That was poetry, and nothing real;" A third, of more extensive learning, ran To Sir George Villiers' Ghost, and Mrs. Veal; Of sheeted Spectres spoke with shorten'd breath, And thrice he quoted Drelincourt on Death.” MenWellsSaidRealNextSpeakThirdsBreathsGravesGhostRanGentlemanSpokesSteelSageThriceSpectre Author:Bill Vaughan