{"id":560,"date":"2017-07-31T11:39:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T15:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/?p=560"},"modified":"2017-07-31T15:56:12","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T19:56:12","slug":"jesus-talks-seeds-of-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/jesus-talks-seeds-of-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Talks Seeds of Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You know those stories you\u2019ve heard a thousand times? The ones you almost know by heart, that are so entrenched in your psyche you assume you know their meaning? The ones that are kind of boring you have heard them so often?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what happened to me with this past Sunday\u2019s lectionary gospel passage. Matthew relates Jesus telling several parables about what the kin-dom of heaven is like. At least that is what I thought it was about. Jesus says \u201cThe kin-dom of heaven is like\u2026 a mustard seed or yeast (in these stories).<\/p>\n

So familiar. As a child my Mom gave me a necklace with a mustard seed enshrined in a clear bead. That seed represented the seed Jesus referred to but the actual<\/em> seeds he was talking about were more like dust<\/em> than the seed I wore around my throat.<\/p>\n

I have heard it preached a hundred times that a mustard plant would grow almost to the size of a tree. We are all amazed at the girth of a plant that comes from the seed that tiny. Here is where many of us make the leap to thinking the kin-dom of heaven is like this huge bush. But that is not what Jesus says. He says it\u2019s like dust.<\/p>\n

The problem is we don\u2019t trust the value of small things. We tend to think that what is valuable is what is bigger, better, more powerful. The truth of the matter is that the kin-dom is millions of small acts of love, comfort, compassion, and justice scattered into the world trusting that enough will fall on fertile soil.<\/p>\n

In these murky days, where power and might, money and privilege are worshipped it is important to remind ourselves that our small acts of resistance matter. They are the seeds of connection. The seeds of healing. The substance of hope. The revolutionary seeds we plant to honor all that is sacred in one another.<\/p>\n

So do not be discouraged. Scatter seeds of love for immigrants. Seeds of comfort for those facing the hatred, racism, sexism, homophobia, and trans-phobia exposed and encouraged by this president. Seeds of compassion for those who have been seduced by fear that someday dialogue may be restored. And scatter seeds of justice, even if you have to fight like hell to plant them.<\/p>\n

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