IT WAS A couple of years ago, but I still remember the call vividly. It was toward the end of harvest, like it is now, and I got a call from the owners of the last vineyard to be picked for the year.

In Matthew 13, a chapter full of parables, Jesus tells the parable of the Sower of the seed. It is a story of a farmer, scattering seed which fell upon four different types of soil; but only one soil ...

Editor’s note: Columns such as this are solely the opinion of the author. Send comments on this column to [email protected]. With autumn upon us, the harvest for our farmers is well under way. Growing ...

Last week, the Sunday Gospel began reading Matthew 13, a chapter that contains multiple parables about the Kingdom of Heaven. We began with the Parable of the Sower and Seed, discussing the fate of ...