Praise

 

 

The Greatness and the Goodness of God

Praise. Of David.
I will extol you, my God and King,
   and bless your name for ever and ever. 
Every day I will bless you,
   and praise your name for ever and ever. 
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
   his greatness is unsearchable. 


One generation shall laud your works to another,
   and shall declare your mighty acts. 
On the glorious splendour of your majesty,
   and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. 
The Lord is just in all his ways,
   and kind in all his doings. 
The Lord is near to all who call on him,
   to all who call on him in truth. 
He fulfils the desire of all who fear him;
   he also hears their cry, and saves them. 
The Lord watches over all who love him,
   but all the wicked he will destroy. 


My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,
   and all flesh will bless his holy name for ever and ever.

Psalm 145:1-5, 17-21

 

Chalice with Apostles Venerating the Cross

from the Byzantine Period

Walters Art Museum

Baltimore, Maryland

United States

Encircling this graceful, arcaded chalice are two pairs of apostles flanking large crosses. The chalice is one of twenty-three silver altar vessels (formerly known as the "Hama Treasure") believed to have been found in the Syrian village of Kurin. The Greek form of the name, Kaper Koraon, is inscribed on the chalice. The treasure was probably hidden in the 8th century when, as a consequence of Arab conquests, parts of Syria were gradually abandoned by Byzantine Christians. These altar vessels form part of The Walters' rich holdings in Byzantine silver.

http://art.thewalters.org/detail/9463/chalice-with-apostles-venerating-the-cross/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Those who praise others enrich themselves far more than they do the one praised.

To praise is an investment in happiness.

The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.

~ George Matthew Adams

 

 

 

 

Blessed are they who have learned to admire but not envy,

to follow but not imitate,

to praise but not flatter,

and to lead but not manipulate.

~ William Arthur Ward

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Lakehouse, Evergreen, Colorado

 

Feeding the hungry in Bailey, Conifer, Evergreen, and surrounding communities

one bowl at a time.

 

Empty Bowls events are held by food banks across the country.

Designed to raise awareness about the problem of hunger in our nation and local communities,

these meals offer a simple fare of soup and bread and feature the work of local artists, students, and neighbors

who have donated hand-crafted or original painted bowls.

 

http://www.mrcco.org/index.php/events/10-empty-bowls

 

Some of the volunteers from the Mountain Resource Center

serving the many varieties of soup from local restaurants.

 

 

Penny and Jennifer Paige, Louis and Ella.

Jennifer is a former student of mine who recently, with her husband and children, 

moved back to Colorado from New York City.  I had not seen her for 15 or 20 years.

Louie and Ella enjoyed the cookies more than the soup!

 

 

Maria Rosa Galter … is the new director of Africaid!

Congratulations, Maria!!!

 

 

A Call to Art 2013

Friday, November 8, 2013

Lakehouse, Evergreen, Colorado

 

David and Jane Christie at the Art for the Mountain Community fund raiser.

Jane donated one of her gorgeous pastel paintings for the silent auction.

 

 

Barb Scripps, Marsha Manning, Mel Nuchols, Bill Manning

 

 

A few of the nearly 200 pieces of art in the auction.

http://www.mountainart.org

 

 

Alternative Gift Fair

Saturday and Sunday

November 9th and 10th, 2013

Ardis Strieby and another volunteer at the Friendship Bridge booth.

 

 

Reina, this one is for you.

Montessori students were selling vanilla to help save an

endangered chameleon that lives in Madagascar.

The little girl very much wanted to be included in the picture!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The trouble with most of us

is that we'd rather be ruined by praise

than saved by criticism.

~ Norman Vincent Peale

 

 

 

 



November 10, 2013          Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Previous OPQs may be found at:
     http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm



The Question about the Resurrection

 Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to himand asked him a question, ‘Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. Now there were seven brothers; the first married, and died childless; then the second and the third married her, and so in the same way all seven died childless. Finally the woman also died. In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had married her.’

 Jesus said to them, ‘Those who belong to this age marry and are given in marriage; but those who are considered worthy of a place in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. Indeed they cannot die any more, because they are like angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection. And the fact that the dead are raised Moses himself showed, in the story about the bush, where he speaks of the Lord as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Now he is God not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all of them are alive.’

Luke 20:27–38 

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

 

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

 

 

 

 

http://howard-carter.blogspot.com/2013_02_01_archive.html

 

 

 

 

 

 


Haggai 1:15b—2:9 
Psalm 145:1–5, 17–21 
2 Thessalonians 2:1–5, 13–17 
Luke 20:27–38