There is so much shame for the unproductive fig tree. Cut it down! Make room for a more dedicated and hard-working fig tree! Yet… who among us is living up to our fullest potential? The productivity experts these days can diagnose the “what’s” … but the gardener offers an alternative medicine–nurture it slowly, and let it soak in the manure all around until it can get the good stuff out of it. Lying fallow and getting fertilized with laughter and tears at the crappy stuff of life can help heal what ails us and that is sometimes productive enough.  

In our message of the week, Sandee Cole shares from Luke 13, and how we can still be productive followers of Jesus even when we don't "get" everything done.