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Fourth Sunday after Pentecost — June 16, 2024

Teri McDowell Ott writes about interdependence and Mark 4:26-34.

Mark 4:26-34
Year B

During a long and brutal winter, three sisters visited a community where food was scarce, the people starving. Despite this famine, the three sisters were greeted warmly, and fed generously. In gratitude for this hospitality, the three sisters gifted the people with three seeds – corn, bean, and squash – a small package that ensured the people would never go hungry again.

Robin Wall Kimmerer, a member of the...

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