"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 vine in mind as He speaks. Grapes, just like these, are common in the Middle East. That is true now just as it was then. The ancient prophets also used the im