For Jesus metaphors were not smokescreens to be cleared away but filters through which we comprehend truth and healing instruments. Jesus used metaphors as a curative medium. His metaphors left divine imprints on the smithy of the soul. He authored phrases and metaphors that won’t go away until we do. Metaphors such as kingdom, mustard seed, and leaven fuse into our minds an image of a new kind of world driven by love and human dignity.
