"Flour and yeast" Tagged Sermons

8 Pentecost, Proper 12 Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 Our gospel this morning presents us with five short parables about the kingdom of heaven: the mustard seed, the leaven, the hidden treasure, the priceless pearl and the net. Of interest in these parables, are the diverse socioeconomic settings represented there:  a sower of seed, a woman baking bread, a fortune seeker, a merchant, a commercial fisherman. They reflect activities easily recognized in the world of the Gospel and also today, each individual…