Today's gospel tells the parable of the sower, where some seed falls on the path, some falls on rocky soil, and some falls on good earth. Pastor Donner reminds us that the sower is really God. We might think that some of the seed might be wasted, in the same way we might think that good works we do may be wasted on those who might take it for granted. God wants us to scatter those seeds of good work anyway, because we can never tell which seeds will land on 'good soil.'