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MEDITATIONS on SEEDS & PARABLES

From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow. —Aeschylus The seed of God is in us. Given an intelligent and hard-working farmer, it will thrive and grow up to God, whose seed it is, and accordingly its fruits will be God-nature. Pear seeds grow into pear trees, nut seeds into nut trees, and God-seed […]

Of seeds & sowers, gardens & growing

When people try to bury you, remind yourself you are a seed.― Matshona Dhliwayo Your heart is full of fertile seeds, waiting to sprout. — Morihei Ueshiba The seed is in the ground. Now may we rest in hope, while darkness does its work.~ Wendell Berry Every problem has in it the seeds of its own […]

Meditations on Parables and Everyday Stories: Mustard Seeds & Weeds

In Case of Complete Reversal  — Kay Ryan Born into each seed is a small anti-seed useful in case of some complete reversal: a tiny but powerful kit for adapting it to the unimaginable. If we could crack the fineness of the shell we’d see the bundled minuses stacked as in a safe, ready for […]

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