Sowers and
Seeds
That same day Jesus went out of the
house and sat beside the lake. 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
Christ Preaching At The Seaport
Jan the elder
Brueghel
(1568-1625)
Private Collection
http://www.biblical-art.com/artwork.asp?id_artwork=12848&showmode=Full
It is not
always granted to the sower to live to see the harvest.
All work
that is worth anything is done in faith.
~ Albert
Schweitzer
Anyone can
count the seeds in an apple,
but only God
can count the number of apples in a seed.
~ Robert
Schuller
Center
for the Arts Evergreen
Exploration of a
Medium: Photography
June 24 – July 21
Conor
King, the juror for the show, gave interesting
observations
about the award-winning pieces from
silver
gelatin to infrared to digital prints.
Memories in
the Making
Kitty in the Jungle
Cherry holds
the painting she just finished.
I love his
eyes!
Audrey
copied a horse painting she loves by Laura Mehmert!
Congratulations,
Gretchen!
Gretchen
MacArthur, our new president of Evergreen Rotary for 2011-2012.
One of this
year’s sixteen sculptures.
See Through Other Eyes: Spotted Owl
by Ellen
Woodbury
(I call him
Owlie.)
People only
see what they are prepared to see.
~ Ralph
Waldo Emerson
July 10, 2011 Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Previous
OPQs may be found at:
http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the lake. 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
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the
permission of www.agnusday.org
-Sower-(he who
preaches the word)
-Seed (the word of
God)
-Soil (He who hears
the word)
-Way side soil (Hears
but does not understand)
-Rocky or stony soil
(hears word but has no root)
-Thorny soil (hears
but word choked by cares of the world)
- Good soil (Hears
word and it produces fruit)
http://web.me.com/lindyblack/Sermon_Fodder/Lectionary/Entries/2011/7/10_Pentecost_4A.html
Lee Lawrie, c. 1932.
Statue atop the Capitol
Building in Lincoln, Nebraska.
http://capitol.org/building/history/team/lee-lawrie
Genesis 25:19-34
Psalm 119:105-112
Romans 8:1-11
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23