In 2007, in Shelby NC, I was reading in my Bible and wishing I could share some of what I was learning, not to convert people, just to share ideas. And I realized that was why Jesus used parables. It is difficult to talk about abstract ideas because everyone has their own frame of reference. But I longed to address issues like hypocrisy. So I sat down to write in parable, and this story came forth. I say it that way because that’s what it was like.