Wheat and
Weeds Together
and
Jacob’s
Ladder
Jacob left Beer-sheba and went towards Haran. He came to a certain place and
stayed there for the night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones
of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place. And he
dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, the top of it reaching to
heaven; and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. And the Lord
stood beside him and said, "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father
and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your
offspring; and your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you
shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the
south; and all the families of the earth shall be blessed in you and in your
offspring. Know that I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will
bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I
have promised you." Then Jacob woke from his sleep and said, "Surely
the Lord is in this place — and I did not know it!" And he was afraid, and
said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of
God, and this is the gate of heaven."
So Jacob rose early in the morning, and he took the stone that he had put under
his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. He called
that place Bethel; but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
Genesis
28:10-19a
Jacob’s Dream (detail)
MAXWELL,
Jack
2006
Abilene
Christian University
Abilene,
Texas
United
States
Jacob’s Dream
The complete statue
The sculptor is a
professor at Abilene Christian University; several students were used in the
creation and production of this sculpture. It stands 34 feet tall and weighs
over 7000 pounds. " The sculpture is hard to describe to those who haven't
seen the design, Maxwell said, but he suggested for one to imagine Stonehenge,
then throw in angels ascending and descending a ladder and picture an ancient
ruin."The idea is to suggest history and spirituality in the space,"
he said. The stones with scriptures engraved on them will be carefully placed
so as people move around the piece, they can read the scriptures while viewing
the art." -- from media.www.acuoptimist.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ACU_Jacobs_Dream_artwork.JPG
We are climbing Jacob's
ladder,
We are climbing Jacob's
ladder,
We are climbing Jacob's
ladder,
Soldiers of the cross.
more …
http://www.scriptureandmusic.com/Music/Text_Files/We_Are_Climbing_Jacobs_Ladder.html
Words are
also seeds,
and when
dropped into the invisible spiritual substance,
they grow
and bring forth after their kind.
~ Charles
Fillmore
If only
there were evil people somewhere
insidiously
committing evil deeds,
and it were
necessary only to separate them
from the
rest of us and destroy them.
But the line
dividing good and evil cuts
through the
heart of every human being,
and who is
willing to destroy his own heart?
~ Alexander
Solzhenitsyn
Jeanne and I
loved the performance of “Hairspray” at the Arvada Center!
President
Gretchen MacArthur presented the Rotary District Active Senior Award to
Gretchen Berggren!!!
Physician
consultant in international health and nutrition
Consultant
World Relief & Harvard University SPH
Special
interest in health information systems and in equity and justice in health
systems; community health policy. Major interest in same is in developing
countries; experienced in 26 countries; fluent in French and Creole.
Experienced in creating programs for training community health workers, subspeciality
in family planning, nutrition, home and village based weaning foods, the
"positive deviance" approach to solving health problems.
Congratulations,
Gretchen!!!
The RYLA
(Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) camp counselors
received
Care packages from Kimra including tattoos and nose rings.
Some of the
rest of us were lucky enough to also get nose rings!
(((-:
Hanna sold
Ashley Shuyler’s latest children’s book for AfricAid.
http://www.kisaproject.org/executive-director
Sue and Pat
at the entrance to this year’s Summerfest.
I helped at
the booth for Art for the Mountain Community.
One of our
16 new sculptures is below.
Cameron’s Dragon
Sculpture by
Mary Zimmerman
Paonia, Colorado
Bronze
$10,000
http://www.mountainart.org/evergreen-sculptures-2011/sculpture-walk-2011.php
Bev and Jim
Haney’s Annual Bluegrass Jam
Two people
were playing with fiddles made by Jim!
Homer
Hollensbe, violin maker from Bailey, showed off the banjo he made.
He
particularly wanted me to see the Indian-head nickel he included.
Nancy and
Ken Larner at the Bluegrass Jam.
Nancy is an
author and artist.
She creates
delightful sculptures constructed from
vintage
metal parts (the rustier the better) which she calls
"Recontrivancies."
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil
to one who is striking at the root.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Sunday,
July 17, 2011 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Previous
OPQs may be found at:
http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
He put before them another parable: "The
kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field;
but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat,
and then went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds
appeared as well. And the slaves of the householder came and said to him,
'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come
from?' He answered, 'An enemy has done this.' The slaves said to him, 'Then do
you want us to go and gather them?' But he replied, 'No; for in gathering the
weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them. Let both of them grow
together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers,
Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the
wheat into my barn.'"
Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples approached
him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field."
He answered, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; the field
is the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are
the children of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the
harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. Just as the weeds
are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The
Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all
causes of sin and all evildoers, and they will throw them into the furnace of
fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous
will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let anyone with ears
listen!"
Matthew
13:24-30, 36-43
Agnus Day, by James
Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the
permission of www.agnusday.org
Psalm
139:9-10
http://www.heartlight.org/gallery/397.html
Parable of the Sower and Weeds
MERIAN,
Matthaeus, the Elder
1625-30
Engraving
http://www.biblical-art.com/artwork.asp?id_artwork=10928&showmode=Full
Genesis 28:10-19a
Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24
Romans 8:12-25
Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
