Many of the parables I’ve written over the last three years were based on something I was thinking about or that was going on in my life. The Parable of the Doctor Visit came out of an important principle that the Holy Ghost taught me when I was going through a difficult period.
Miss Neuenkirche welcomed her new set of third-grade students with a smile. She had high hopes for the class—while it wouldn’t be easy for all of them to get good grades, she felt confident she could help them all get there.
She quickly discovered how far from easy it would be.
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Late last May, I felt impressed to set a goal to write and publish 100 of my own parables by the third anniversary of launching The Weekly Parable, which falls near the end of April. At the time, I had published 70. To be honest, after having written that many, writing another 30 seemed like a tall order.
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The Weekly Parable 