Seeds are amazing! For most of my growing up years my parents kept a fairly large garden. They both seemed to find it invigorating to work in it and took real pleasure in the results. My memories are probably a bit skewed by my recollection of being required to help with that work, but my fascination with seeds seems to have transcended even that.

When my mom brought home seeds, I was always astonished at how small most of them were. Herb seeds especially-so tiny! And then the process of burying them in the dirt (the dirt, of all places!), and expecting something beautiful and sustaining to grow – it seemed beyond unlikely.

Maybe that is part of why Jesus chose to tell the Parable of the Sower, which we will continue to explore when we gather this Sunday. Put something almost invisible in a hidden place and expect something beautiful and sustaining to grow from it? Yep – it seems sorta crazy!

And yes- we are still gathering on Sunday morning, although this is our last morning gathering for a while.

The schedule heading into summer looks like this: