Finding Treasure in the Lord - Matthew 13 (Ordinary 16B)
Growing up as a kid, I thought hidden things were much more plentiful than I found out. In the movies, there were happened to be resources around for the heroes to finish their task, or the villains to either give up or to be foiled, like in the Goonies where there’s a wacky kid who (happens) to have an inventor as a father and likes to tinker himself. He has gadgets that no average kid would have that helps get the friends continuing on their journey. But once those kids got to the pirates’ treasure - they were overjoyed! They found something that they thought was only a lost story of time. Who knows, maybe had someone gotten there first, it would have been! Life isn’t like the movies, though. A team of writers can craft a whole world from a single brainstorming session. Though with the right spark, that’ll light the way to find the treasures. But as the writing goes on, they seek the words to create a story that will outlive them. OK - well, le...