Sermon for Proper 10, Year A, July 16, 2023

Here is today's sermon for Proper 10, Year A, July 16, 2023. It is based on the Parable of the Sower and the Seed, Matthew 13:1-9,18-23. In it is give an account how each of us in our own seasons of life, assume the place of the thorns, the birds which devour the seeds, the poor soil, and the rocky soil. But we also take on the good soil at other times in our lives and that's OK. It all works out. in addition, I explain that the real point of the parable, and all parables, is not our place in the parable, but rather that it explains the Divine nature or the nature of the Kingdom. I show how this parable shows how generous, even profligate, Divine love is. It is spent on all: those who deserve it an those who do not.