Fig Trees and Pumpkin Vines

I was quite the kid gardener as a boy.  Once, I planted pumpkin seeds - a lot of them - in my parents' front yard.  It did not turn out well.  We look at the story of the withered fig tree, the money changers at the Temple, and the power of prayer.  We see what it has in common with the pumpkin seeds.  We see that Mark and Matthew tell different versions of the fig tree/money changers/prayer story - and we consider what this means.