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Matthew 13:3-9 Behold, a Sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprang up, because they had no deepness of ...

James was my great-grandfather. A proud Irishman, he left his coastal birthplace and journeyed to America in the late 19th century. He was a farmer by trade, working rented land  in his new country while he went through the process of becoming an American citizen. After gaining the coveted citizenship, ...

Two neighbors were talking about their gardens. One garden was lush and producing an abundance of fruits and vegetables. The other neighbor had nothing but weeds.  When he asked the other what he was doing to make it so, the neighbor replied simply, “Planting seeds.” This humorous story has life ...