Flourishing
He [Jesus] also said, "The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter
seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would
sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of itself, first the
stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. But when the grain is
ripe, at once he goes in with his sickle, because the harvest has come." …
Mark
4:26-34
Harvest in Provence
GOGH,
Vincent van
1888
Israel
Museum
Jerusalem,
Israel
This we
know, the Earth does not belong to us; we belong to the Earth.
We did not
weave the web of life; we are merely a strand in it.
Whatever we
do to the web we do to ourselves.
~ Chief
Seattle *
There are
two ways to get enough.
One is to
continue to accumulate more and more.
The other is
to desire less.
~ G.K.
Chesterton
Amy Nixon
(and her doggie, Rose) had a get-together for some of our condo neighbors.
This week
was
VACATION
BIBLE SCHOOL!
Can you guess what they learned???
Jeanne and I
saw Legally Blonde and thoroughly enjoyed it!
We also had
a wonderful dinner at Fruition!
Harold and
Deborah Linke had an Unveiling Party of some of Harold’s latest pieces.
These pieces
are Steel Reinforced Fiberglass.
Melony Smith
and Brenna Vaughn.
Brenna is
Deborah’s and Harold’s daughter.
Timeless I
by Harold
Linke
Resin
$4960
“Celebration”
by Harold Linke
purchased by Melony (pictured above)
Linda with
her neighbor, Nina.
The desire
for continued accumulation
is a flawed
path to satisfaction.
~ Peter
Sawtell
June 17, 2011 Third Sunday after Pentecost; 11th
Sunday in Ordinary Time
Previous
OPQs may be found at:
http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
* Attributed to Chief
Seattle, but probably written much more recently by Ted Perry.
He 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."
With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear
it; he did not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything in
private to his disciples.
Mark
4:26-34
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the
permission of www.agnusday.org
The Mustard
Seed
VONAESCH,
Corinne
2011
http://www.biblical-art.com/artwork.asp?id_artwork=40570&showmode=Full
1 Sam. 15:34–16:13
Ps. 20
2 Cor. 5:6–10 (11–13)
14–17
Mark
4:26-34