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	News-Topic, Lenoir, NC, 28645 - news, sports, editorials, obituaries
		She is the kind of gardener who can make a dead stick grow, but she had trouble one fall when she ordered a pear tree from the Stark Brothers Nursery catalog.
		Planting is an act of faith, and as she put that tree in the ground she was thinking, most likely, of pears in quart jars and pints of pear preserves (my favorite on hot biscuits) lined up on the shelf in the basement.
		Mama realized much later that the nursery had sent her the wrong kind of pear tree, an ornamental instead of a fruit-bearing one.
	www.newstopic.net /articles/2007/10/04/columnists/51neal.txt (783 words)

	Gardening 101 : Faith Lifts
		Then He told this parable, “A man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any.
		Just like our pear tree, the parable shows that the fig tree was not bearing fruit for the master.
		That was the tree’s purpose for living—bearing fruit.
	www.5minutesformom.com /faithlifts/2007/09/17/gardening-101 (555 words)

	FaithWriters.com-Christian Short Stories - Pear Tree Parable
		With a nervous sway the tree began to rustle it’s branches.
		The sound of the shaking leaves and the bumping pears attracted the attention of the gardener, as he looked his face softened as he saw the lonely tree.
		The tree rustled with pleasure as it heard the gardener talk of his plains for the pears,.
	www.faithwriters.com /article-details.php?id=39966 (753 words)

	Newsletter of Tree Society of Zimbabwe (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In fact, I believe the majority of trees were flushing, and quite clearly this was not the beginning of it for many trees had the bright, shiny, new-green leaves that follow the splendour of the colour.
		Livingstone's tree at Shiramba grew a maximum 1.95 feet [594 mm] in girth in 108 years, or 0.62 feet [189 mm] in diameter, and increment of 0.07 inches [1.78 mm] per annum, which is even slower.
		The Weeping Willow tree has from earliest times been associated with sorrow and regarded as a symbol of grief for unrequited love or the loss of a mate, a sad tree from the branches of which those who have lost their love make mourning garlands.
	www.lind.org.zw /treesociety/newsjune02.htm (5176 words)

	Capital Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The lemon tree is a small tree, reaching 10 to 20 ft (3-6 m) in height, with white blossoms that remains in active growth all year.
		The grapefruit tree reaches 15 to 20 ft (4.5-6 m) or even 45 ft (13.7 m) with age, has a rounded top of spreading branches; the trunk may exceed 6 in (15 cm) in diameter; that of a very old tree actually attained nearly 8 ft (2.4 m) in circumference.
		It is an attractive shade tree and drought- and wind- tolerant, with pale yellow or white blooms.
	www.aucegypt.edu /support/campaign/trees.htm (3179 words)

	Yavoh June 2006 Issue
		The prophet Amos was a keeper of Sycamore trees (fig trees).
		Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near; even so you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door.
		The wood of the fig tree was the primary fuel for the altar and yet, we are promised the pleasure of the fig tree in the kingdom.
	www.lionlamb.net /Yavoh/2006/Jun2006.htm (3690 words)

	“If A Good Tree Won’t Lead, A Bad Tree Always Will” - August 13, 2006
		In the parable the trees that turned down the responsibility of leadership were qualified, they had something positive to offer, but they were unwilling to serve.
		The olive tree was used for food (Numbers 11:8), for fuel for lamps, as a medicine (Isaiah 1:6, Luke 10:34), as an anointing oil (1 Samuel 10:1; 2 Kings 9:3; Isaiah 61:10), in sacrifice (Leviticus 2:4; Genesis 28:18), and its wood was used for furniture (1 Kings 6:23, 31-33).
		The fig tree is also associated with the grape vine as a symbol of peace and prosperity, providing shade and sustenance for the family it protects (1 Kings 4:25).
	www.brewsterbaptistchurch.org /Sermons-Q3-2006/august_13_2006.htm (2854 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Fig Tree: Matthew 22:18-19 A. On the surface, not much would seem to be here B. Jesus sees a fig trees with leaves but no fruit, and causes it to wither 1.
		On the other hand, the tree looked ready, since it had leaves out C. There is a message, however, behind what occurs D. Just as Jesus expects to see fruit on a tree that has displayed its leaves, so Jesus expects to see maturity and good deeds from those who would profess Him 1.
		The time was ready for the tree to bear fruit B. The master wants to see the tree cut down, but the servant requests the exercise of patience 1.
	www.deusvitae.com /faith/outlines/trees.txt (674 words)

	The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable eBook
		The day was sweet, for it was the cool of the morning, the air was soft, and the wind was gentle, and under the shady trees the covert of the reeds lay quiet.
		It was a short bend of the brook, where dark old trees overshadowed the water with forest gloom.
		She was seated on the trunk of a fallen oak, and it seemed as if she had sat herself down to weep in her dumb trouble, for her blind eyes were still wet with tears.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/1303/74.html (353 words)

	Tree Stories - Story-Lovers SOS Story Lists
		The tree awakened earlier than usual one morning and stretched her arms toward the horizon as if to invite the early rays of dawn into her world.
		This one word, spoken softly and reverently, was all the tree could manage as she examined the white buds beginning to show through the tips of her branches, once held hard-clenched against the winter winds.
		The tree winced, for the woman had touched a spot that had not healed from the winter's ravages -- a spot that remained vulnerable even though the spring and summer months had been good to her.
	www.story-lovers.com /liststreestories.html (4912 words)

	Bible Wood Spotlight: Fig - Inspired Woods: Of The Bible (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Fig tree has a very peculiar type of fruit, known as a syconium, which varies from round to nearly conical depending on the variety.
		Then he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any.
		In the Bible we are often referred to as "trees", and in this parable Jesus has used a "Fig tree", and he is disappointed that this "Fig tree" in his vineyard has not produced fruit.
	www.inspiredwoods.com /newsletters_fig.php (513 words)

	Sermon - Luke 13:1-9
		The fig tree is one of seven species of trees mentioned in the Scriptures.
		The trees are bearing their fruit; the fig tree and the vine yield their riches.
		This parable seems out of sync with the another story about a father who waited and waited and waited for his son to return home.
	www.crossroadspc.org /thebarrel/20040314.htm (2044 words)

	The Third Sunday in Lent (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The front yard already had a decent sized maple tree and the back yard had a wide towering maple tree in addition to a pear tree.
		When Jesus taught in parables, he was always good about using imagery that was familiar and often dear to the hearts and minds of his listeners.
		When the two arrived at the fig tree in question, the owner knew that this particular tree had been in the ground for three years.
	www.stpaulsdekalb.org /the_third_sunday_in_lent.htm (1058 words)

	213th General Assembly (2001) News
		The Rev. John T. Galloway, pastor of Wayne (Pa.) Presbyterian Church, noted ruefully that he was assigned to preach on the topic of "bearing fruit" in the wake of news that the PC(USA) lost another 35,000 members in 2000.
		Bearing fruit and increasing membership are not the same thing, Galloway said, "but they are related." Preaching from the parable of the fig tree in Luke 13, Galloway said the role of the church is to nourish the soil in which the trees of faith grow.
		In the parable, the tree was given a reprieve while the gardener tended the soil, trying to build up its nourishing power.
	www.pcusa.org /ga213/news/ga01057.htm (293 words)

	Two Seeds
		"And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat" (v.
		In the New Testament parable of the wheat and tares, we learn that good seed were sown in the field called the world.
		Further, when Jesus explained this parable, He said: "He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one" (Mat 13:37-38).
	www.wildernesschurch.com /articles/twoseeds.htm (2636 words)

	Sermons From Seattle - Series B
		When that happens; a healthy tree, a healthy connection and a healthy branch, it is automatic that we will see much fruit.
		This peach tree is loaded with peaches, so much so that long two by fours are needed to hold up those fruit-laden branches.
		The appearance of the fig tree looked beautiful, but on closer inspection, it was found not to have fruit on it.
	www.sermonsfromseattle.com /series_b_much_fruit.htm (3051 words)

	Paradise Tree
		We got to speaking of trees, because there are so many here and so few in his country, and he told me his seafaring people have a legend about a magical plant in our islands that they called the Paradise tree.
		She advised him to negotiate with the elves, and he tried, but he was challenged and angry, and it felt awkward.
		The Paradise tree reached across the fence, but the connecting limbs were thinning.
	www.manticsoft.com /paradise.htm (2936 words)

	Give a Fig
		In Jotham's parable (Judges 9:8-14) the fig tree was even the other trees' second choice-after the olive-to rule over them.
		The tree is also unusual in that it generally produces at least two crops, which is probably what causes it to stand for "prolific" in the Language of Flowers.
		Even though the tree had apparently leafed out early, the very appearance of leaves indicated that it should have had fruit on it.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/historical_plants/112491 (470 words)

	March 18,
		The parable of the fig tree illustrates how God intervened and gave the gardener a second chance.
		The parable suggests that there is a limit to God’s mercy.
		Finally it was invaded by carpenter ants and the tree was doomed.
	www.bright.net /~coth/doesmercy.htm (1427 words)

	The Remedy for Isms Zech.4 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		They were full of the vigor imparted by the tree of life, and their intellectual power was but little less than that of the angels.
		Just as the oil is extracted from the fruit of the olive trees and is deposited in the golden bowl reservoir to keep the lamps supplied and burning brightly, so God's church on earth today is dependent upon the Holy Spirit to enable her to be a light to the world.
		As the two olive trees stand for the Old and New Testament Scriptures, naturally the golden oil flowing from them represents "the Word of the Lord" in the Christian dispensation (after both Testaments were written), not as it comes directly from heaven, but as it comes from the Bible.
	www.shepherds-rod.org /basic/remedy.html (10338 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Plants in the Bible
		Solomon, in particular, is said to have treated about the trees (i.e., plants) from the lofty cedar "unto the hyssop that cometh out of the wall" (1 Kings 4:33).
		Almond tree, Hebrew luz (Genesis 30:37; "hazel" in A. is a mistranslation; cf.
		Its red sweet-scented spikes (Douay Version, Cant., i, 13; "clusters") yield the henna oil; from its powdered leaves is obtained the reddish-orange paste with which Eastern women stain their finger and toe nails and dye their hair.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12149a.htm (6872 words)

	Word of the Day Archives
		It is also common for one letter to be exchanged for a similar sounding letter as words are passed from one language to another.
		The function of a parable or proverb is to define a standard of measure that one is to live by.
		The Hebrew word eyts represents a tree but more the action of lifting up with support, the function of the trunk and branches of the tree.
	www.ancient-hebrew.org /word/archive.html (3942 words)

	Section 24 - Received February 11, 1975
		For he beholdeth his tree and it perisheth for lack of care; and the Lord of the vineyard lamenteth the condition of His tree.
		For My heart pineth for My tree, that it is left in such poor condition.
		62 Behold, I your Savior am the Lord of the vineyard, the pear tree is My church, the keepers of the tree are the heads of My church and all those who hold offices of responsibility in My church.
	members.tripod.com /2ndbookofcommandment/id20.htm (4056 words)

	The Christian Online Magazine
		Another parable He put forth to them, saying: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field,
		These trees were not little twigs but partially grown trees that were probably at least 7 or 8 feet high if not more.
		My husband had not gotten around to digging out the roots the previous summer and I was glad because there was still life there and that thin branch was all I needed to see to know that something was going to grow there if we would just be patient.
	sites.silaspartners.com /CC/CDA/Content_Blocks/CC_Printer_Friendly_Version_Utility/1,,PTID42281\|CHID147904\|CIID2031062,00.html (904 words)

	How Does Your Garden Grow?
		It was as though the tree were in limbo – not knowing whether to die or to stretch forth and bear fruit.
		In verse 7, it is clear that the tree was given ample time to demonstrate its fruitfulness.
		But the amazing thing about this morning’s parable is that we are left hanging – we don’t know what the future of the tree was.
	www.fccog.org /2005sermons/sermon050529.htm (2113 words)

	Dick Staub: Staublog - Girl Meets God & A “Pear-able.”
		So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.
		The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted.
		He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.
	dickstaub.com /culturewatch.php?record_id=1039 (562 words)

	Mountain Project: Climbing George's Tree > The Book > Lumpy Ridge > Estes Park Valley
		There is also an awesome.12a face climb 20 feet to the right of it of that can be toproped from the anchors on georges tree.
		The best part of the first pitch is past the bolts, as mentioned, and will spank you if you can't jam well.
		Be warned that Lumpy is often not a good place to lead climb if you are not adept at tricky gear placements in flaring, bottoming cracks which abound on many routes--George's Tree P1 being one of the best examples.
	www.mountainproject.com /v/colorado/estes_park_valley/lumpy_ridge/105750010 (995 words)

	The Parable of the Pear Tree (Site not responding. Last check: )
		We, the heirs, returned to share the pears
		Devouring the beauty of the pear tree in blossom.
		The last thing in the fall to relinquish its fruit.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~kingsite/pear_tree.html (72 words)

	A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....12-29-05....The Pear Tree: Lessons in Life (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen, it was surrounded with beauty and there was a rich carpet of soft emeralds underneath the boughs.
		The tree was giving to all who wanted but some of the leaves were already falling and brown.
		He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season/one event/one time, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.
	freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1548643/posts?page=40 (4819 words)

	Church Bears Fruit
		But, as I have contemplated the parable Jesus tells today, I have imagined Nell and Millie with a pear tree that will not will not bear fruit.
		In the parable Jesus tells we never know what happens to the fig tree.
		Then came the dramatic church revitalization grant-- the fertilizer this ‘tree of a church’ needed to grow.
	www.edgewoodpc.org /Sermons/sermon031598.html (1244 words)

	The Parable of the Grapefruit Tree - InterVarsity.org
		We have quite a selection of dwarf fruit trees: 2 lemon, 1 orange, a 5-in-1 (peach, plum, nectarine, etc., all grafted into an apricot trunk), 2 Asian pear, and 1 grapefruit.
		But unlike all of our other trees that are sending branches far and wide, this little plant has eight large grapefruits growing on it.
		I must admit that some days it’s been hard for me to see how God is going to grow our little fellowship of a dozen students into a ministry that can actually reach thousands of commuter students at California State University, Los Angeles.
	www.intervarsity.org /news/the-parable-of-the-grapefruit-tree (455 words)

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