A trailer for upcoming online event 'Jesus the Storyteller: the parables then and now' with Paula Gooder and Richard Coles, which premiers on YouTube on Tuesday 19 October, 7-7.45pm.
Playful, thought-provoking and disruptive, Jesus’ parables reveal him as a storyteller who evokes mysterious worlds, and a conjurer for the imagination who both asks more questions than he makes statements and weaves more stories than he gives commandments. His parables range from quickfire images to long allegorical narratives with lots of characters, and use the stuff of everyday life – weeds, money, parties, family relationships - to disrupt what we, as much as his first listeners, think we know about God, the world and ourselves.
Paula Gooder will be in conversation with Richard Coles about the parables and their enduring power to shock and surprise, and how they challenge us to live our faith in the 21st century.
For more info and to register for free go to https://parables.eventbrite.co.uk