Silence: the word comes from the ancestral root si, meaning “to rest,” “to let the hand fall.” Our word seed is sister to silence. The falling seed from the hand of the sower becomes an image that Jesus uses in “The Sermon of Parables.”
For the next three Sundays, the seven images that Jesus uses to describe the Kingdom are set forth in meditative detail. The alphabyte “Gears” for this week suggests a slowing down of life to magnify the movements of God in you. Receive these parables and other images God will be sending your way into the silence of your being.
Silence embraces every word of Jesus. May this minute meditation with you here, be as a seed dropping into the some one thousand minutes of your waking day, so that your day may bear fruit.
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Example: May my soul be good soil, Lord. v. 23
Sundays are dedicated to the Gospels from the Revised Common Lectionary.
During the Seasons of Pentecost and Kingdomtide, we read the Gospel of Matthew.
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The Bible Through the Seasons 