Trivial Matters

I’m brushing my teeth.   Trivial. Routine. I remember something Bob said in Israel. When he ties shoelaces, he always does it in exactly the same way, starting with tightening the laces on one shoe, but not tying the knot, then tightening the other shoe, then returning to the first one to tie the knot, then…

Grounded

Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. Matthew 13:7 NIV Thorns – The parable of the sower (actually, the soils) is an allegory. How do we know it is an allegory? Because the author tells us it is! We do not have to guess at the meanings of the terms….