Scattered Seeds

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Season	1990
Album	07: On Thin Ice
Aired	January 27, 1990
Written by	Campbell Freed
Directed by	Phil Lollar
Produced by	Unknown
Sound Design by	Dave Arnold
Music by	Unknown
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[edit] General information

Theme: The parable of the sower

Scripture: Matthew 13: See more with this reference

[edit] Summary

Connie directs one of Whit's plays called "The Sower and the Seeds", but when her cast starts abandoning her, she has to find ways to deal with it.

[edit] Plot

Connie is reading through some of Whit's short stories and wishes aloud that she could write like Whit. She feels that something interesting is always happening to Whit, while she is as boring as a glass of water. But Whit disagrees and reminds Connie of an incident that recently happened to her, which would make a great story.

Connie directed one of Whit's plays, "The Sower and the Seeds," based on the parable of the sower. Everyone around Whit's End had roles. At first, they each were excited about their parts, but soon the actors began to behave just like the "scattered seeds" in the parable.

Eugene was snatched from the play by his college computer club, just like the seed in the parable was snatched up by the birds. Monty was like the seeds sown among the rocks-enthusiastic in the beginning about his part, but when things got tough, he left. Jenny was worried about what other people would think of her if she didn't do a perfect job. She was so worried, in fact, that she choked-just like the seeds sown among the thorns. And Tom and Lucy were similar to the good seeds who stuck with it, worked hard, and produced a good crop-the play.

Connie realizes she has lived out a modern version of one of Jesus' parables, and she thanks Whit for pointing that out. Whit smiles and tells her that we're surrounded by parables in our daily lives-we just have to learn to look for them.

[edit] Discussion Questions

1. Monty was excited about his part at first, but then his enthusiasm petered out. Has that ever happened to you?
   1. How so?
2. Jenny choked and couldn't do her part at all. Have you ever "choked" on something you were involved in?
   1. What did you do?
3. Eugene became so busy with other things, he couldn't do his part. Is there something important you're neglecting because you are too busy?

[edit] Cast

[edit] Notes

• VERSION DIFFERENCE: In the broadcast version of this episode, Chris begins the episode from her greenhouse where she has rare plants.

• The true writers of this show were Paul McCusker and Phil Lollar! The name came from their mothers-Agnes Campbell Lollar (Phil’s mother) and Nancy Freed (Paul's mother).

• Interesting to know that Connie wishes she could write yet she doesn't take action on this wish until "Tales of a Small-Town Thug."

• The story Connie reads in the beginning is from another AIO ep, The Tangled Web.

[edit] Reviews

[edit] Quotes

Connie-Actually, uh, I did the play while I was in elementary school. It was called 'Little Flip-Flop Meets Mean Old Mr. Gum'. It was an anti-litter program!