1 Sam15: 34-16:13; Ps 20; 2 Cor5: 6-17; MARK 4: 26-34
In the name of God who created us from love…AMEN.
“With what can we compare the kingdom of God or what parable will we use for it? Jesus did not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything in private to his disciples.” And off we go to the long green season until Advent, of hearing and considering the teachings of Jesus—so a little about these parables, a little more broadly about Jesus’ teaching and parables, and to begin, Paul’s comment, “We walk by faith not by sight.”