Graduation
Days
and
World
Sunday for Peace
But filled with the Holy Spirit, he
gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand
of God. "Look," he said, "I see the heavens opened and the Son
of Man standing at the right hand of God!" But they covered their ears,
and with a loud shout all rushed together against him. Then they dragged him
out of the city and began to stone him; and the witnesses laid their coats at
the feet of a young man named Saul. While they were stoning Stephen, he prayed,
"Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." Then he knelt down and cried out in
a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." When he had
said this, he died.
Acts 7:55-60
The Stoning of Stephen
Kölner Dom
(Building)
Cologne,
Germany
"'The perfect martyr' is the epithet given to
Stephen in the conclusion to the early Christian narrative of the martyrs of
Vienne and Lyons (Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.2.5). This essay argues that the
narrative of the stoning of Stephen in Acts 6:8-8:1 does indeed depict a
perfect martyr -- one perfectly suited, that is, to Luke's rhetorical purposes
in the two-volume work now known as the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the
Apostles. More … see above link
Don’t
judge each day by the harvest you reap
but
by the seeds that you plant.
~
Robert Louis Stevenson
The
future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
~
Eleanor Roosevelt
On
Sunday, our lone pelican was joined by a dozen others.
Now
they have flown away.
Conservation
Field Trip
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Colorado State
University
Center of the Arts
Our
Conservation group from the DAM (Denver Art Museum) was invited to CSU in Fort
Collins.
Only five of
us were able to go and we had a wonderful time!
Megan Leonard, Collections
Manager,
Avenir Museum of Design
and Merchandising, gave us a fascinating tour.
And then we
had lunch!
Megan,
Sidney, Alice, Jane, Carl
Yum.
Our afternoon book club met at Ginny and Rick’s new condo on Pearl Street
in Denver.
This is Joan in their living room.
Capturing Bear Creek: A Quang Ho Exhibit
Center for
the Arts Evergreen
May 20th -
June 16th
Opening
Reception
May 20, 2011
Quang Ho in
front of some of his wonderful paintings of Upper Bear Creek!
Wherever you
go, go with all your heart.
~ Confucius
May 22, 2011 Fifth Sunday
of Easter
Previous OPQs may be found at:
http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
[Jesus
said:] "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also
in me. In my Father's house there are many dwelling-places. If it were not so,
would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and
prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that
where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way to the place where I am
going." Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are
going. How can we know the way?" Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and
the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you
know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have
seen him."
Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and we will be
satisfied." Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you all this time,
Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.
How can you say, "Show us the Father"? Do you not believe that I am
in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not
speak on my own; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me
that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; but if you do not, then
believe me because of the works themselves. Very truly, I tell you, the one who
believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater
works than these, because I am going to the Father. I will do whatever you ask
in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If in my name you
ask me for anything, I will do it."
John 14:1-14
Agnus Day, by James
Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
Acts 7:55-60
Psalm
31:1-5, 15-16
1 Peter
2:2-10
John 14:1-14