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
* 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
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
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