It's not that I'm not preaching

but my Lenten sermons all include reading from Friedman's Fables. Rabbi Dr. Edwin H. Friedman was a family therapist who applied family system's theory to congregations. His work is studied in seminaries and has had a great impact on how we understand how we behave in relationships.

Because I'm not sure of the copyright implications of reproducing the fables within a sermon, it seems wiser not to do so. I highly recommend these fables as charming illustrations of how we hear or fail to hear one another. My premise is that if we cannot learn to communicate well with one another, how will we ever learn to listen to God?