Sunday, April 12, 2026
Sunday Reflection: The Blooming
It is that time (well, in Minnesota, almost that time) that the landscape shifts from white to brown to green and bursting with color. It's an amazing transformation, that rebirth!
It is odd, though, that Jesus did not often refer to this, other than frequent references to agriculture (sowing and reaping, etc.). I suppose, though, that the part of the world he lived in did not have the dramatic changes we see in this particular part of North America-- and it is important not to layer our reality over his (in fact, we must do the opposite and layer Jesus's reality over our own if we want to understand).
The lessons in the Gospels are about universal truths, but the setting is not universal. Sometimes that is worth remembering.
