Waters of
New Life
15Then God said to Noah, 16"Go out
of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you.
17Bring out with you every living thing that is with
you of all flesh ... "
Genesis 8:14-19
Noah's
Ark
Gregory
Kohelet
Serigraph
We too are allies of
creation …
wounded by the
brokenness we see around us,
the brokenness in
which we ourselves participate.
We are both the
breakers and the healers… *
~ Barbara Brown
Taylor
Filthy water cannot be
washed.
~
West African Proverb
The frog does
not
Drink
up
The
pond in which
He
lives.
~
American Indian Proverb
Aloha!!! We are
back!
(More Hawaii pictures
later, but isn't this one great?)
Our Thursday evening book
club had Sandra Dallas, author of Tallgrass, join
us
for our end-of-the-season
potluck at Eileen's home.
Walking around the lake on
Saturday morning,
we found a clutch of
three goslings!!!
On Saturday, Evergreen
Rotary dedicated the cabin our club completely
refurbished
at the Easter Seal
Camp. The camp is open for eleven weeks each summer
for handicapped kids from
six to eighteen, and for one week for Camp Comfort,
sponsored by Mt. Evans
Hospice, for children who have lost a family member
in the past year. It
is also used on weekends throughout the year.
Dick, Mark, and Dave
spearheaded the entire project!
H2O
The formula for
water is H2O.
Is the formula for an ice cube H2O
squared?
~ Lily Tomlin
June 1, 2008 Ninth
Sunday in Ordinary Time
Previous OPQs may be found
at:
*
Barbara Brown Taylor observes, "Cain killed his brother Abel – the
first murder but not the last – and humankind went on breaking what God had
made until, by the sixth chapter of Genesis, God ran out of pity … What a fast
catastrophe to go from 'God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it
was very good' to 'I am sorry that I have made them,' in five short chapters"
(Gospel Medicine).
God’s
covenant, she says, “includes all the species disappearing daily off the face
of the earth. They are all of them our covenant partners – heirs of God’s
promise just like we are – and those of us who understand our kinship with
them tremble to think what we have done, killing off those to whom God has
promised life….We too are allies of creation … wounded by the brokenness we
see around us, the brokenness in which we ourselves participate. We are both
the breakers and the healers … It is still raining, you see. In our own
time, the ark does not look so much like a barn floating on a choppy sea. It
looks more like a blue-green ball bobbing on the dark ocean of space … If we
go on perishing, it may have less to do with divine fiat than with our own
amnesia. We have forgotten who we are and what we are supposed to be doing …
so that every living creature who rides this ark with us may share the
unmitigated joy of walking down the rickety ramp to plant a foot, a paw, a
hoof on dry land” (Gospel
Medicine).
28Now when Jesus had finished saying these things, the
crowds were astounded at his teaching, 29for he taught
them as one having authority, and not as their
scribes.
Matthew 7:21-29
Agnus Day,
by James Wetzstein
Genesis 6:9-22; 7:24;
8:14-19
Psalm 46:1-11
Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-28 (29-31)
Matthew
7:21-29
