Service*
35He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, "Whoever wants to be
first must be last of all and servant of all."
36Then he took a little
child and put it among them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them,
37"Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes
me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent
me."
Mark 9:30-37
Christ Blessing the Children, mid-1540s
Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472–1553)
The Jack
and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982 (1982.60.36)
The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Try
not to become a man of success,
but rather try to become a man of value.
~ Albert
Einstein
Service is just love in work clothes.
~
Unknown
Sunday,
September 17, 2006
The
Children's Sermon
Patrick's
last Sunday as our Interim Pastor.
Glass
at the Gardens
Thursday,
September 21, 2006
The
Denver Botanic Gardens
Denver,
Colorado
(an
annual juried art glass show)
Three in
the Rain
Goldfish
by Lynn
Wenger
Evergreen,
Colorado
(A student of
Danna!)
While I was there at the Botanic
Gardens, I visited the tropical
gardens.
Stunning!!!
Friday,
September 22, 2006
6:45
a.m.
Sunrise on my
way to Rotary Club on Friday.
It was
so spectacular I simply had to stop, get out, and take a
picture.
Within five
minutes the dark and roiling clouds had obscured
everything!
That
afternoon we had our first snowfall of the season.
It is
amazing how much people can get done
if they do not worry about who gets the
credit.
~ Sandra
Swinney
September 24,
2006 Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary
Time
Previous OPQs may be found at:
* We must see
the difference between choosing to serve (an activity) and choosing to be a
servant (a person/a lifestyle). When we choose to serve, we are still in
charge ... when we choose to be a servant, we give up the right to be in charge
... we become available and vulnerable.
- Richard Foster, in Celebration of
Discipline
(Jesus asked)
"What were you arguing about on the way?" 34But they
were silent,
for on the way
they had argued with one another who was the greatest.
Mark 9:30-37
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Proverbs 31:10-31
Psalm 1:1-6
James 3:13-4:3,
7-8a
Mark 9:30-37
