Jesus entrance into Jerusalem a week before his death was a prophetic demonstration that he had come to disrupt earthly structures of power and to invite in the excluded.
The Parable of the Sower is often interpreted as telling us that some people just won't listen and that we should try to be good soil. But what if Jesus was saying something else? What if Jesus was telling us how to be not just good soil, but...
Matthew 11 and 12 tells us that when we face challenges in sharing the Gospel, we can trust God to empower us to engage so that we can stay on mission.