Pope Leo XIV’s first General Audience on Wednesday was a meditation on Matthew’s Parable of the Sower (13:1-23). It’s the first of five parables or analogies that Jesus makes about the nature of the ...

In his first general audience in Rome, Pope Leo XIV referred to Vincent van Gogh’s painting “Sower at Sunset” and called it a symbol of hope. A brilliant setting sun illuminates a field as a farmer ...

Welcome to “Facing the Speculative,” where I will be discussing some crucial speculative fiction novels and their implications for modern society. This is an extension of the project “Imagining ...

Starting today and the following two Sundays, the Gospel will focus on Jesus’ parables of the Kingdom of Heaven, found in Matthew 13. This week, we’ll hear the Parable of the Sower and Seeds. Next ...

The Sower drew a lot of attention during its installation at the State Capitol in 1930. Its creator, though, was little-known. Greg Harm, a Nebraska native who has written two books about Lawrie, ...

Some of the deep truths of God are presented so simply in Scripture that we often fail to appreciate their significance. We read of our Lord’s parable of the sower, how he would use a graphic ...

Without too much tweaking, the plot of the French historical film “The Sower” could sound like a shameless male fantasy. On the run from authorities, a journeyman blacksmith wanders into an idyllic ...

The pretty pastoral surface of Marine Francen's small but auspicious debut feature belies the dark, complex sexual politics beneath. A different version of “The Sower,” Marine Francen’s poised and ...

(The Conversation) — Van Gogh’s painting was inspired by French artist Jean-Francois Millet’s 1860 painting. But he transformed Millet’s composition into an image of hope. (The Conversation) — In his ...