Three Cedar Readings
Thus says the Lord God:
I myself will take a sprig
from the lofty top of a cedar;
I will set it out.
I will break off a tender one
from the topmost of its young twigs;
I myself will plant it
on a high and lofty mountain.
On the mountain height of Israel
I will plant it,
in order that it may produce boughs and bear fruit,
and become a noble cedar.
Under it every kind of bird will live;
in the shade of its branches will nest
winged creatures of every kind.
Ezekiel 17:22-23
Jesus also said, ‘With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.’
Mark 4:30-32
Cedar you come from the earth. The sun and the rain made you grow. Winds could not hurt you. They only made you stronger. Eagles sat on your branches. Animals went to you for shelter from the storms. You knew the Haida people when they came into the forest.
Guujaaw, Haida leader and activist
from The Cedar (1984)