In this familiar parable, called "The Sower," God scatters the message of God's grace upon one and all, asking US to contemplate which type of soil we are. But, there's good news (of course there is!) We do not have to simply accept the weeds, the rocks, and the misunderstandings that choke our faith. In Christ's church, we've been given everything we need to cultivate the soil in which God's seed can produce a bumper crop.