The mustard seed becomes a great shrub that shelters the birds, recalling ancient images of the tree of life. We’d expect a cedar or a sequoia, but Jesus finds the power of God better imaged in a tiny, no-account seed. It’s not the way we expect divine activity to look. Yet the tree of life is here, in the cross around which we gather, the tree into which we are grafted through baptism, the true vine that nourishes us with its fruit in the cup we share. It may not appear all that impressive, but while nobody’s looking it grows with a power beyond our understanding.

Join us this Sunday at 9:30am as we worship from Cross of Glory Lutheran Church (5472 Adams Street, Mounds View) or join us via live stream by clicking the image above.

The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SrD2NgzU0OCn_f2uhTyqe0i_kx8nWcG1/view?usp=drive_link