Truth wearing the cloak of story. That was a wonderful parable, and seems to have a glimpse of the incarnation in it. The Word became flesh. Christ wearing humanity.
If the prophet Nathan simply came up to David and confronted him about the his adultery with Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah, then David, in his guilt, most likely would have acted in anger and hardened his heart. Perhaps Uriah would have been hearing the story from Nathan directly.
Instead, Nathan put on the cloak of story which ignited David’s anger against the guilty party, only then revealing to David that he was the guilty man in the story. Once David was removed from the events and saw good and evil from the perspective of an onlooker he was able to fully participate in the story and let it do it's work on his soul. Only then he was able to realize his own guilt and repent.
I’ve been reading a lot by Ian McGilchrist concerning left hemisphere right hemisphere and can see how that impacts what we get out of a story. We need to improve using out right hemisphere. I know I do
Lots to think about here! Stories are powerful for good and ill. As a college student wandering through my major (we were allowed to create our own), I was often left dispirited and empty by our assigned reading of contemporary literature and film. Finding the first chapter of the gospel of John was like springs in the desert- color and beauty came back to the world because it all had meaning!
Truth wearing the cloak of story. That was a wonderful parable, and seems to have a glimpse of the incarnation in it. The Word became flesh. Christ wearing humanity.
If the prophet Nathan simply came up to David and confronted him about the his adultery with Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah, then David, in his guilt, most likely would have acted in anger and hardened his heart. Perhaps Uriah would have been hearing the story from Nathan directly.
Instead, Nathan put on the cloak of story which ignited David’s anger against the guilty party, only then revealing to David that he was the guilty man in the story. Once David was removed from the events and saw good and evil from the perspective of an onlooker he was able to fully participate in the story and let it do it's work on his soul. Only then he was able to realize his own guilt and repent.
I’ve been reading a lot by Ian McGilchrist concerning left hemisphere right hemisphere and can see how that impacts what we get out of a story. We need to improve using out right hemisphere. I know I do
Excellent article.
Great observation. I hadn’t thought of that, but it makes perfect sense.
Lots to think about here! Stories are powerful for good and ill. As a college student wandering through my major (we were allowed to create our own), I was often left dispirited and empty by our assigned reading of contemporary literature and film. Finding the first chapter of the gospel of John was like springs in the desert- color and beauty came back to the world because it all had meaning!