"Life is like a Vineyard" **sermon for 5 Easter, 27 April 2024**
Stay joined to me, and I will stay joined to you. Just as a branch cannot produce fruit unless it stays joined to the vine, you cannot produce fruit unless you stay joined to me. I am the vine, and you are the branches. If you stay joined to me, and I stay joined to you, then you will produce lots of fruit. John 15:4-5a (CEV) Now, I am not much of a gardener. I am just not good with plants or growing things. My guess is that I lack the patience and time it takes to properly tend to and nurture plants. So, I either forget to cut back dead blooms or I over water. Neither is very good for the plant. I do appreciate a beautiful daffodil or a tomato fresh off the vine, however. Jesus uses the imagery of a vine to describe the life of His followers. No doubt Jesus has a grape ...