Sunday, February 21, 10:15 a.m.

The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. from Mark 4:26-32 This is a parable. “And what’s a parable?” you might ask. Ah yes. Good question. A parable is a teaching device, frequently employed by Jesus, in which the teacher uses simple, everyday situations to illustrate deeper spiritual truths. Sometimes Jesus explained what his parables meant. But sometimes, as in this case, he left it up to the listener to figure it out. So in what way is the kingdom of God like someone planting seed? Join us on Sunday for the second installment of our Lenten “Come to the Garden” series, as Pastor Curt preaches faith-like-dirt and the mysterious ways in which God makes things grow in our lives.