Irish Fields

This is the view from where we are staying this summer. We are working on an organic farm for the summer in Ireland.

As I've been out and working I can't help but think of all the farming metaphors that occur throughout Scripture. I wonder, though, if those vivid images have lost some of their potency for people who get their fruit from the grocery store (like me).

How could we communicate the powerful parables of Jesus to an urban community?