The Kamishibai Man and his faithful puppy Bo enter the city of Bailey to spread stories of laughter and suspense
Note that the Kamishibai Man on this page has a similar vocation to the typical Christian. In many ways, his occupation is comparable to our Lord Jesus Christ. Like the Son of Man, the Kamishibai Man has "no place to lay his head" (Matthew 8:20). He, like Christ, is entirely itinerant. And there is something to be said of Christ's lack of station in the World of which He lived. First, it indicates that He was not committed to any one place, indeed that His work was a work that enveloped the entire World. And yet, it also underscores the fact that He is not part of the world He came to save. To say that He had no place to lay His head is to allude to the fact that He did not belong in this World. That despite knowing it so intimately and being so immediately aware of its nuances, He was at once also a stranger to it. The final point Christ's itineracy emphasizes is that of the comfort forfeited. There is a certain comfort that comes with settling down, a certain ease that allies itself with residing somewhere, that Christ abandons, so underscoring His life of bearing grief and carrying sorrows (Isaiah 53:4).
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