I must say I am relieved to see the end of September. 

It was a sad and bloody month. 

The month began with the 12th Anniversary of the Sep11th attacks in US. On the same day, a Florida pastor was arrested 

before he could set on fire several thousand copies of the Qu’ran. 

The month really went off the rails when 

a pair of suicide bombers in Pakistan killed close to 80 Christians 

as they were leaving their Anglican Church after the Sunday service. 

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.  ….

In Friday’s post , SchoolBOX president Tom Affleck told us that the most rewarding aspect of his work has been witnessing creation—seeing his work begin as a mustard seed and then grow and evolve.