Secret Life of the Seed (Yr B Proper 6) by Amma Susan
As Jim and I were walking along the river yesterday, I spied a magnificent holly bush, simply and humbly nestled amongst the brush at the water’s edge. Surprised and excited at my unexpected discovery, I pointed it out and he said, “I wonder how it got there?”
“Probably a bird or some other critter,” I replied. And that little vignette strikes me as pretty well summing up Chapter 4 in Mark’s gospel. So much happens in bringing God’s kingdom to fruition that we ourselves have no understanding how it works.