Category: Allegory

One of my friends told me about a powerful lesson in her daughter’s high school class. They were learning about the Salem Witch Trials, and their teacher told them they

A father said to his daughter “You have graduated with honors, here is a Jeep I bought many years ago. It is pretty old now. But before I give it

From a middle school teacher.  I introduced something called ‘The Baggage Activity.’ I asked the kids what it meant to have baggage, and they mostly said it was hurtful stuff

A young couple moved into a new house. The next morning while they were eating breakfast, the young woman saw her neighbor hanging the wash outside. “That laundry is not

How about the Zen story, “A Cup of Tea”?Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.Nan-in served tea. He

A pottery teacher split her class into two halves. To the first half she said, “You will spend the semester studying pottery, planning, designing, and creating your perfect pot. At

A professor gave a balloon to every student, who had to inflate it, write their name on it and throw it in the hallway. The professor then mixed all the

Once all the villagers decided to pray for rain. On the day of the prayer, all the people gathered, but only one boy came with an umbrella. That is faith.

There was a farmer who grew excellent quality corn. Every year he won the award for the best grown corn. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something

Nature has a beautiful way of displaying civilization in its creatures. Hermit crabs rely on shells to protect themselves from predators and the elements. These crabs use the scavenged shells