Fertile Soil

 

Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil. But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and since they had no root, they withered away. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Let anyone with ears listen!”

“Hear then the parable of the sower. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path. As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet such a person has no root, but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away. As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing. But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Sower

TISSOT, Jame Jacques Josept

Between1886 abd 1894

Brooklyn Museum

New York, New York

United States

 

 

 

 

 

 

Find the seed at the bottom of your heart

and bring forth a flower.

~ Shigenori Kameoka

 

 

 

 

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap

but by the seeds that you plant.

~ Robert Louis Stevenson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The mama elk have been in hiding with their babies.

Here, about twenty of them paraded the little ones across the road.

 

 

 

 

 

They are already big!

 

 

Doug and Sue Brown hosted our Dine Around Thursday evening.

 

 

Carolyn, Sue Brown, Annette Bradley

 

 

Amazing Hanna Holt was our speaker at Rotary on Friday!

 

 

Carolyn in the new cap that Holly gave me.

 

 

Art and Heidi Smithson hosted Spares and Pairs on Friday.

 

 

Art loves his horse!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The simplest questions are the most profound.

Where were you born?

Where is your home?

Where are you going?

What are you doing?

Think about these once in a while

and watch your answers change. *

~ Richard Bach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 16, 2017 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost; Proper 10

 

Previous OPQs may be found at:

     http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm

 

 

*   Try asking yourself and/or a friend each of the above questions three times.  Each time, the answer must be different.

       Example:

             1. Who are you?  - your name

          2. Who are you?                    - a human being

                                     3. Who are you?    - a child of the 

 

 

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

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Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Genesis 25:19-34 with Psalm 119:105-112 or
Isaiah 55:10-13 with Psalm 65:(1-8), 9-13
Romans 8:1-11
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23