“Unless a grain of wheat falls in the ground and dies, it abides alone…”  This is the paradox that Pastor Dan had as his focus today. Just as the kernel of wheat: if it wants to retain its identy, its essence, it remains simply a seed.  But if it ‘dies’ in the soil, it becomes a plant and yields are larger harvest of many seeds. Such was Jesus life, and that is the promise for Jesus’ followers: Let go of your life; let to to God, let go of yourself, let go to service.