First Sunday in Lent

Choices

 



Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread." But he answered, "It is written, 'One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you,' and 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.'" Jesus said to him, "Again it is written, 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'" Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; and he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me." Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! for it is written, 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.'" Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.

 

Matthew 4:1-11

 

Temptation of Christ

ARMUSIK, Eric

oil on birch

48" x 60"

2011

Hamburg, Pennsylvania

http://ericarmusik.com/temptation_christ.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted.

Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.

                                                                ~ Hans Margolius

 

 

 

Saintliness is also a temptation

                                                                ~ Jean Anouilh

 

 

 

 

 

Anne Vickstrom

Anne was welcomed home from their (with husband, Mark) almost four month

trip to Australia with a luncheon at Hanna Holt's home.

 

Kimra Perkins, Barb Harris, Hanna Holt, Anne Vickstrom, Mary Sheron

Thank you, Hanna!

 

 

Congratulations, Kei Sakamoto!!!

Tokyo High School Graduation

March 5, 2014

Kei will be majoring in Lifelong Sports

at Tokyo Gakugei University.

http://www.u-gakugei.ac.jp/english/02academics/02undergraduate.html

 

Junna, Robin, Kiyokazu, Kei, and Reina Sakamoto

 

 

Dottie Alexander and Jack Alexander spent a week skiing in Vail 

and then stayed here for a few days!

Here Dottie is modeling her new helmet.

 

 

Vicki Hall, Jack and Dottie Alexander, and I had dinner at 240 Union

after spending the afternoon at the Denver Art Museum.

 

 

On Saturday we went to a costume party at Ruth and Dave Morehouse's home.

 

 

Linda Kirkpatrick and Kathy Beekman.

 

 

Jack and Dottie Alexander, Carol and Greg Dobbs

 

 

Ruth and Dave Morehouse

 

 

 

 

 

                           LENT

 

Lent is the time to take the time

      to let the power of our faith story take hold of us,

a time to let the events

      get up and walk around in us,

a time to intensify

      our living unto Christ,

a time to hover over

      the thoughts of our hearts,

a time to place our feet in the streets of Jerusalem

      or to walk along the sea and listen to his word,

a time to touch his robe

      and feel the healing surge through us,

a time to ponder and a time to wonder . . .

 

Lent is a time to allow a fresh new taste of God!

 

              ~ Ann Weems

 

 

 

 

 

March 9, 2014     First Sunday in Lent

 

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

 

 

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

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

 

 

 

Psalm 32

http://www.heartlight.org/gallery/1849.html

 

 

 

 

 

Ash Wednesday:

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 or Isaiah 58:1-12

Psalm 51:1-17

2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10

Matthew 6:1-6; 16-21

 

First Sunday in Lent:

Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7

Psalm 32

Romans 5:12-19

Matthew 4:1-11