Faith*
"Take
courage, it is I; do not be afraid."
Matthew
14:27
Jesus
Lulls a Storm
African Mafa
Jesusmafa.com
Treat
the other man's faith gently;
it is
all he has to believe with.
His
mind was created for his own thoughts,
not
yours or mine.
~ Henry S. Haskins
And so
faith is closing your eyes and following
the
breath of your soul down to the bottom of life,
where
existence and nonexistence have
merged
into irrelevance.
All
that matters is the little part
you
play in the vast drama.
~
Gordon Atkinson
(Real Live Preacher)
Doubt
is a pain too lonely to know
that
faith is his twin brother.
~ Kahlil Gibran
Carolyn's BIG
Birthday Celebration Weekend!!!
Jack and
Dot
Mt. Evans,
July 30, 2005
(5 days
later, on Thursday, the road was closed due to snow!)
Keith and
Lotus
July 31,
2005
Jack,
Carolyn, and Keith
Angel and
Vicki
(Angel's
favorite pose)
And the
flowers linger on!
THANK
YOU, one and all!!!!!
What
wonderful family and friends I have!
More birthday pics may be
seen at:
May it
not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us
and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that
''faith'' is even more difficult for Him than it is for us?
~ W.
H. Auden
August 7,
2005 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
*
A Hospice social
worker asked me about six weeks ago if I would mind visiting with
a 53 year old terminal cancer patient at Life Care. I tried to find a way
to "reach" Margaret, but I couldn't seem to find a common ground nor could I
find something she wished to discuss. Yesterday was a different
story! My visit started out the usual way, but suddenly Margaret was
telling me about her hopes, her fears, her conversations with God.
Amazing!
I had not been able
to decide which Lectionary reading and theme to use for this
week's OPQs. When Margaret started talking about her strong faith that still
harbored doubts, my decision was made for me. Another example of
a "coincidence" that isn't a coincidence!!!
Genesis 37
Joseph
Dennis
and Phillip Ratner Museum
The
Shepherd Joseph
Marc Chagall, 1931
From Genesis Reconsidered,
Time.Com
Remembering ...
Andrew
G. Anderson, Jr.
April 15,
1941 - August 2, 2005
Andy had
such a sense of beauty and proportion ... and faith,
as was pointed
out in this morning's memorial service.
