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Anatomy of Kenyan voter and sower's parable

Group of people raising ballot box. [GettyImages]

What if the success of our democracy depended as much on voters as on leaders? The Parable of the Sower reminds us that good seed alone is not enough. On election day in 2022, nearly eight million Kenyans had the seed but not the soil, and the harvest was poor.

Jesus was a master storyteller and an expert in using parables to reveal truths about human nature, society, and God’s kingdom.

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