Believe!

 



When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."

But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe."  A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe." Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe." Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.

 

John 20:19-31

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The Incredulity of Thomas

(central panel of triptych)

RUBENS, Peter Paul

1613-15

Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten (Royal Museum of Fine Arts), Antwerp

http://www.biblical-art.com/artwork.asp?id_artwork=2688&showmode=Full

 

 

 

 

 

Faith is to believe what we do not see and the reward

of this faith is to see what we believe.

~ St. Augustine

 

 

 

Fear vs. Faith

Fear imprisons, faith liberates;

fear paralyzes, faith empowers;

fear disheartens, faith encourages;

fear sickens, faith heals;

fear makes useless, faith makes serviceable;

fear puts hopelessness at the heart of life,

while faith rejoices in its God.

~ Harry Emerson Fosdick

 

 

 

 

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Sue Wolff came up for dinner on Easter.

 

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Vicki Hall (and Woofie).

 

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Jeanne Gibbard (center) and I thoroughly enjoyed Man of La Mancha at the Arvada Center!

At intermission, we saw Elaine and Larry Sohrweid.

 

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John Evans gave a very nice presentation drawing from his many years

working in Antarctica.

 

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John Evans and his brother, Rick Evans.

Rick is currently living in Buenos Aires.

 

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We had a very interesting speaker at Rotary!

George Pond, Vice President for Design and Campus Management at the Denver Zoo,

spoke about their gasification efforts in recycling elephant dung (and other waste) for fuel.

http://www.denverzoo.org/toyota_elephant_passage/being_green/overview/index.html

 

 

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Barbara and Mac McEldowney and Tom Ware

at the Center for the Arts Evergreen.

Mac donated one of his photographs and Tom donated a sculpture

for the 120 for $120 show.

 

 

 

 

 

Faith is taking the first step

even when you don’t see the whole staircase.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

April 7, 2013        Second Sunday of Easter

 

Previous OPQs may be found at:

          http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm 

 

 

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

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Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org

 

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http://www.glasbergen.com/tag/cartoons-about-faith/

 

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Acts 5:27–32

Psalm 118:14–29 or Psalm 150

Revelation 1:4–8

John 20:19–31