In fact, Doug said specifically, “Jesus told a particular kind of parable, but there are many examples of other ways of throwing something alongside something else to make a point.” Yes, well, if I knew that my wife's favorite restaurant was Macaroni Grill, and I promised to take her to her favorite restaurant, but when the evening arrived to take her there she came into the kitchen and the kids and I were blowing the place up making a runny little lasagna and a droopy salad with sliced white bread and warm water … you can't hardly blame her for being disappointed and a little cheated, can you? Especially if we made her clean up afterwards?
So write your parables “up”, not just “down”. And link them in the comments of this post – best ones will be carried over to this page tomorrow.
As you undoubtedly noticed, I like comics. I wouldn't call myself a "fan boy" because I don't give a flying FOOM what they are worth. That said, almost all the images on my blog are scanned from comics I own -- so they are scanned from comics I own and are used under what I assume is 
