1st: I like to know who the story is about. Who is Jesus telling the story to. Then provide evidence for why they are the main charcater. Even if it is wrong, try to explain why the person is the main character.
2nd: After, find the social/political/economic/religious backround on the charcters in the story. This gives me a better sence of who they were and how they acted. For example if we were talking about the parable of the good samaritan, i would like to know who samaritans were, Levits, Priests etc...
3rd: I like to know where the conflict occured and why it occured. This could help with the next step and give me a better understand of the life and times while Jesus was alive.
4th: After find what the meaning of the story is, I like to find an example to this situation so I can understand the parable better. For example with the parable of the Good Samaritan I researched poverty in Africa.
5th: After I find an example I like to do a little research on my own about the example so I can explain it later and relate it to the parable. For example learning about Jeffrey Sachs and the Millenium campaign. Especially how we could save lives by giving up so little.
6th: After step 5 I go back to the parable and try to understand who Jesus was trying to addressing. I put everything together and i'm done. For example for the parable of the Good Samaritan Jesus was trying to tell the Levites to see all humans with eyes of compassion.
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