"And some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundredfold. As he said this, he called out, ‘He who has ears to hear, let him hear’" (Luke 8:8). This Bible verse is from the Gospel of Luke, one ...

Starting today and the following two Sundays, the Gospel will focus on Jesus’ parables of the Kingdom of Heaven, found in Matthew 13. This week, we’ll hear the Parable of the Sower and Seeds. Next ...

Feb. 17—Using agricultural language because his audience was familiar with it, Jesus told the Parable of the Sower to describe the four outcomes that result from exposure to the Word of God, all but ...

It's almost eerie how well author Octavia Butler saw the future back when she penned Parable of the Sower in 1993. The world she pictured in her futuristic take of 2024 isn't that far off from our ...

Toshi Reagon and company performing "Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower: A Concert Performance" at ArtsEmerson in 2017. (Courtesy Kevin Yaratola) An increasingly religiously radicalized ...

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At the start of Parable of the Sower — playing against Wednesday evening at the Shubert Theatre as part of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas — Toshi Reagon asks the audience two questions: ...

With the Doomsday Clock ticking ever closer to midnight and threats of nuclear war and illness outbreaks, things are a little scary right now, globally. In 1993, science-fiction writer Octavia E.

This is Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh’s depiction of a sower like the one in Jesus’ Parable of the Sower. van Gogh lived from 1853-90. (Courtesy Photo) Using agricultural language because his audience ...