My story and message for June 17 related to the two parables from Mark are posted in a blog.  My story starts with seeds and goes on to include Martin Luther and Craig Kielburger as examples of surprising outcomes from relatively small events.  My message is titled Silly Stories about Seeds and is focused on Christian Mission.

The following are my story about the unpredictability of seeds and events, and my message relating the parables from Mark 4 on seeds to current Christian Mission.

Surprising Seeds

In this ziplock bag are a few different kinds of seeds.  All of the gardeners here will recognize what most or all of these seeds will become, but that is because of past experience.  There is little in the appearance of these seeds to show us what they can become.  ….