Hope

 

Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, "Woman, you are set free from your ailment." When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God. But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, "There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day." But the Lord answered him and said, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger, and lead it away to give it water? And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the sabbath day?" When he said this, all his opponents were put to shame; and the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things that he was doing.

Luke 13:10-17

 

Tree of Hope

LEUTHOLD, Julie

2013

      

This painting was auctioned to benefit the American Cancer Association

http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?SID=20190821270479123&code=ACT&RC=57033&Row=11

 

"TREE OF HOPE" Breast Cancer Survivor Tree 

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I donated this tree to an auction in honor of my Mother's survival 25 years ago. She is such a brave woman.

 

This painting was auctioned for The American Cancer Assoc. I guess there was a bidding war between 2 woman!!!!! Makes me so happy 

 

 

It is also featured in the AUGUSTA MAGAZINE in an article on the BRAC gene in the Nov 2013 issue.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/julieleuthold/7521645058

 

 

 

 

 

 

The difference between hope and despair

is a different way of telling stories

from the same facts.

~ Alain de Botton

 

 

 

 

Listen to the mustn’ts, child.  Listen to the don’ts.

Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts.

Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me…

Anything can happen, child.

Anything can be.

~ Shel Silverstein

 

 

 

 

 

 

At our Painted Toe Art Society this week,

Bob Sims fascinated us with stories and examples

of his life as a cartoonist years ago.

 

 

We also celebrated four of us who have August birthdays!

A delicious carrot cake from Whole Foods!

 

 

CV, Nancy, and Linda after we devoured the cake.

 

 

Rotary Book Club

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

at the home of Sue Brown

in Frog Hollow.

Rita Carver,  Sue Brown

 

 

Barb Wingate, Linda Lovin, Mary Sheron

 

 

Adrian Stone, Carolyn Alexander

 

 

Where the Crawdads Sing

There were about a dozen of us and we had a very

nice discussion of this wonderful book!

 

 

Rotary Dine Around

Thursday, August 22, 2019

at the home of Davis Linden

in LoDo.

Davis Linden with his girlfriend, Sarah.

 

We went up on the roof for the sunset and view of Denver.

 

 

 

 

Before having dinner, Davis gave us a tour of some of the art near and on his building.

He owns a flat in the Factory Flats building on Blake Street and 32nd.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is his bathroom with his walk-in closet.

 

 

It’s Palisade Peach time!

YUM!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did I offer peace today?

Did I bring a smile to someone’s face?

Did I say words of healing?

Did I let go of my anger and resentment?

Did I forgive?

Did I love?

These are the real questions.

I must trust that the little bit of love 

that I sow now will bear many fruits,

here in this world and the life to come.

~ Henri Nouwen

 

 

 

 

 

June 16, 2019  Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

           Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 16) 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeremiah 1:4-10 with Psalm 71:1-6 or
Isaiah 58:9b-14 with Psalm 103:1-8 and
Hebrews 12:18-29 and 
Luke 13:10-17

 

 

Jeremiah 1:4-10

Now the word of the Lord came to me saying,
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
   and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations."
Then I said, "Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak,
   for I am only a boy."
But the Lord said to me,
   "Do not say, 'I am only a boy';
     for you shall go to all to whom I send you,
     and you shall speak whatever I command you.
Do not be afraid of them,
   for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord."
Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth;
   and the Lord said to me,
"Now I have put my words in your mouth.
See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms,
   to pluck up and to pull down,
   to destroy and to overthrow,
   to build and to plant."

with

Psalm 71:1-6

In you, O God, 
   I take refuge;
let me never be put 
   to shame.

In your righteousness 
   deliver me and rescue me;
incline your ear to me 
   and save me.

Be to me a rock 
   of refuge,
a strong fortress, 
   to save me,
for you are my rock 
   and my fortress.

Rescue me, 
   O my God,
from the hand 
   of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust 
   and cruel.

For you, O God, 
   are my hope,
my trust, O God, 
   from my youth.
Upon you I have leaned 
   from my birth;

it was you who took me 
   from my mother's womb.
My praise is continually 
   of you.

or

Isaiah 58:9b-14

If you remove the yoke from among you,
   the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,
if you offer your food to the hungry
   and satisfy the needs of the afflicted,
then your light shall rise in the darkness
   and your gloom be like the noonday.
The Lord will guide you continually,
   and satisfy your needs in parched places,
   and make your bones strong;
   and you shall be like a watered garden,
      like a spring of water,
       whose waters never fail.
Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;
   you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
you shall be called the repairer of the breach,
   the restorer of streets to live in.

If you refrain from trampling the sabbath,
   from pursuing your own interests on my holy day;
if you call the sabbath a delight
   and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
if you honor it, not going your own ways,
   serving your own interests, or pursuing your own affairs;
then you shall take delight in the Lord,
   and I will make you ride upon the heights of the earth;
I will feed you with the heritage of your ancestor Jacob,
   for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

with

Psalm 103:1-8

Bless God, 
   O my soul,
and all that is 
   within me,
bless God's holy name.

Bless God, 
   O my soul,
and do not forget 
   all God's benefits

who forgives all your iniquity,
   who heals all your diseases,

who redeems your life 
   from the Pit,
who crowns you 
   with steadfast love and mercy,

who satisfies you with good 
   as long as you live
so that your youth is renewed 
   like the eagle's.

God works vindication 
   and justice
for all who are oppressed.

God made known God's ways 
   to Moses,
and God's acts to the people 
   of Israel.

God is merciful 
   and gracious,
slow to anger 
   and abounding 
in steadfast love.

Hebrews 12:18-29

You have not come to something that can be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that not another word be spoken to them. (For they could not endure the order that was given, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned to death." Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I tremble with fear.") But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking; for if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject the one who warns from heaven! At that time his voice shook the earth; but now he has promised, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heaven." This phrase "Yet once more" indicates the removal of what is shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, by which we offer to God an acceptable worship with reverence and awe; for indeed our God is a consuming fire.

Luke 13:10-17

Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, "Woman, you are set free from your ailment." When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God. But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, "There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day." But the Lord answered him and said, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger, and lead it away to give it water? And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the sabbath day?" When he said this, all his opponents were put to shame; and the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things that he was doing.