Walking in the Parables: The Soils

Parables are a significant part of Jesus’s teaching. These
brilliant stories paint a picture of life in the kingdom,
teaching us about God, ourselves, and the Lord’s presence and
activity in the world. But they are not easy. Rather than give us
simple platitudes and truisms, Jesus challenges us with parables.
They are intended to draw us in. Jesus wants us to wrestle with
them, to walk around with, meditate and have conversations about
them.


In this series, we will dig into the context of parables from
Luke’s Gospel. We will consider the picture Jesus is painting of
God’s kingdom, and we will engage these stories through the
spiritual practice of visio divina (with some original art from
our community).


This week, we explored the Parable of the Sower. Our new friend,
Bethany Tippin, invited us to consider the soils, and the
invitation to yield to the wise and generous love of God.


We practiced visio divina together with this painting from
Bethany.


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