Pentecost 4A -- A Tree Grows in Granite

Reading: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 The parable of the sower takes a common image of farming and gives a strange twist.  The sower casts seed about seemingly wastefully.  The sower gives an image of God's abundance when it comes to spreading the gospel and our act of faith when doing so, trusting that the seed will not return empty.