Calling

Moving Forward

Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news." As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea — for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, "Follow me and I will make you fish for people." And immediately they left their nets and followed him. As he went a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John, who were in their boat mending the nets. Immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, and followed him.

Mark 1:14-20

Landscape on the Coast, with the Calling of St. Peter and St. Andrew

BRUEGHEL the Elder, Jan

c. 1608

Oil on copper

Alte Meister Gallerie

Dresden, Germany

http://www.abcgallery.com/B/bruegel/jan4.html

The Work of Christmas

When the star in the sky is gone,
When the Kings and Princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flocks,
The work of Christmas begins.
To find the lost,
To heal the broken,
To feed the hungry
To release the prisoner,
To teach the nations,
To bring Christ to all,
To make music in the heart.

~ by Howard Thurman

Each choice we make causes a ripple effect in our lives.

When things happen to us,

it is the reaction we choose that can create

the difference between the sorrows

of our past and the joy in our future.
~ Chelle Thompson

A group of us went down to the new Clyfford Still Museum next door to the Denver Art Museum.
An interesting museum!!!

Self-portrait, Clyfford Still

Even the building is interesting!

This is part of the ceiling.

Sharon, Carolyn, Gail, and I had lunch across the street from the museum at Pints, an English Pub.

The Colorado Alzheimer’s Association had a Thank You Party for facilitators this week and we found out that we had three paintings selected for the June Memories in the Making Art Auction at the Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium this year!

(The one on the left is titled “Cock of the Block.”)

Book Club at Sharron’s home:

Van, Sharron, Joan, Nancy ( … and Jackie and me).

We saw a dark morph Red Tail Hawk in the top of a tree at the lake this morning!

Warren (Wednesday Breakfast Group) said it is often seen at the lake.

An emotional morning at Rotary on Friday:

Jane Weinberger with her son, Clint, and grandson, Sebastian.

Robert, Jane’s husband, lost his fierce battle with cancer this week.

Death … the last sleep?

No, it is the final awakening.

~ Walter Scott

January 22, 2012 Epiphany 3: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

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The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, "Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you." So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three days' walk across. Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's walk. And he cried out, "Forty days more, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!"

And the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth. When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did not do it.

Jonah 3:1-5, 10

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org

Remembering

Robert Weinberger

March 1, 1958 – January 17, 2012

Jonah 3:1–5, 10

Ps. 62:5–12

1 Cor. 7:29–31

Mark 1:14–20