Parables tangent: ears to hear and the dishonest manager

A host observes that Jesus communicated through relatable parables, unlike a pastor disconnected from his congregation. That sparks a tangent: listeners who hear Jesus's parables without understanding, a host joking that his failure to grasp a parable is temptation toward Reformed theology ('maybe I'm not the elect'). Another host confesses he has never understood the parable of the dishonest manager — it reads like the thief was praised.