That’s the heart of the parable in today’s Gospel reading from Mark, comparing the kingdom of God to a tiny mustard seed. It’s a testament to small beginnings.

A few weeks ago, my husband and I went on a weekend trip to Lake Tahoe. On the last day of our trip, we hiked through Van Sickle Bi-State Park, a ...

Most Christians are familiar with the parable that Jesus told about the mustard seed. The Gospel of Matthew recounts how Jesus healed a young man who his disciples were unable to heal.

According to the "Parable of the Mustard Seed" in Matthew 13:31–32, ... then a mustard seed would be slightly more than 3 feet in diameter — or about the size of an extra-large fitness ball. ...

Today’s selection from Matthew 13 continues Jesus’ Parables Discourse. It contains two short parables—about a mustard seed and yeast—and a long parable with an allegorical interpretation ...

The parable’s metaphor about small things having a large impact encourages us to do our part, no matter how little it seems, ... “Faith the size of a mustard seed,” he said, ...

Today’s Sunday gospel reading is about the Parable of the Seed. Our Lord Jesus Christ explains to his disciples why he teaches them by using parables perhaps because it was one easy way for them ...