Reno Reporter

Lutheran Church Of The Good Shepherd issued the following announcement on June 14.

"Seeds of Hope" by Pastor Scott Trevithick

Are there places in which we can reflect the reign of God at work, being like a mustard seed offering an unexpected place of hope?   The mustard seed becomes a great shrub that shelters the birds, recalling ancient images of the tree of life. We’d expect a cedar or a sequoia, but Jesus finds the power of God better imaged in a tiny, no-account seed. 

It’s not the way we expect divine activity to look. Yet the tree of life is here, in the cross around which we gather, the tree into which we are grafted through baptism, the true vine that nourishes us with its fruit in the cup we share. 

It may not appear all that impressive, but while nobody’s looking it grows with a power beyond our understanding.

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