This Sunday I will be preaching John 1:1-18 . . . well were could I possibly go with that? I took the opportunity to begin with the only joke I can remember which which is Zizek’s Lacanian joke about the man who believed he was a grain.
A man had been seeing a psychiatrist for some time. The problem it seems was that he kept believing he was a grain of seed. He and the psychiatrist worked on this issue for some time. They made slow progress until one day both he and the psychiatrist were sure that the problem solved. The man no longer believed he was a grain of seed. The two shook hands and parted encouraged by what was possible. The man left the office onto the street and a few seconds later returned in fear and panic. Obviously concerned the psychiatrist asked what was wrong. The man said that there was a chicken standing right outside the office door. The psychiatrist responded, “Remember you are not a grain of seed.” The man replied, “I know that, but how I can be sure the chicken does?”
From here I moved to what seemed like the obvious parallel.
David CL Driedger 