I have been thinking about the Parable of the Sower from a different angle this morning. My thoughts aren't all fleshed out but here's what I've got so far. Sometimes, my family sits down together and watches old family videos from when we were kids. It is funny to see that our facial expressions and mannerisms haven't changed too much since then. My dad calls it "continuity of personality." I think we all have a lot more continuity of personality than we might think. Don't get me wrong -- this is mostly a good thing. We are all still the same wonderful people we were when we were kids. We are all inherently good and creative and curious. But we still all have our quirks. We still have our triggers. And here's the part that might seem hard to believe -- those don't change even when we change our minds. That is, you might have had a political, ideological, or religious shift in your life. You might look back at your former self and think, "Wo...