Beauty and Love and Kinfolk

And the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, "He has gone out of his mind." And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons." And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come. But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered.

"Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin" — for they had said, "He has an unclean spirit."

Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him. A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you." And he replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" And looking at those who sat around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."

Mark 3:20-35

Kinfolk *

RICHARDSON, Jan

http://paintedprayerbook.com/2012/06/05/kinfolk/

See comments by Jan Richardson at her Painted Prayerbook site.

Whenever we awaken to beauty, we are helping to make God present in the world.

The eternal in a human being is a light sleeper and will awaken at the slightest rustle.

~ John O’Donohue

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

~ Marcus Aurelius

School is out and Bryce is back with us for Wednesday Breakfast.

Tammy, Debbie, and I went to the annual Memories in the Making Art Auction

at Invesco Field (Mile High Bronco Stadium).

Look how short I have grown!

(I’m not really that fat, am I???)

Cheryl Preheim, 9NEWS, was the emcee this year.

She is about 11’6” tall and stands straight!

The highest bid was made by the red-headed woman on the right.

She bid $8,000 for one of the paintings!!!

A view of Denver (including the telephone lines) as we left the event.

Van and John Farnsworth had a Spares and Pairs potluck at their lovely log home on Friday evening.

“Horse and Rider”

by Philip Maior

Loveland, CO

A new sculpture by the dam.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife had a multi-faceted event at the lake on Saturday.

Here, they have blocked off Bear Creek and stocked it with trout for kids

to try their hands at fishing.

Mama geese and five goslings made it around the barrier, but these four

couldn’t figure out how to get around the wire netting.

May you experience each day as a sacred gift

woven around the heart of wonder.
~ John O'Donohue

June 10, 2012 2nd Sunday after Pentecost—10th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Previous OPQs may be found:
http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm

* Dorotheos of Gaza maps out the relationship which the brothers have to each other and to God. A circle represents the world with God at the center. The radii are human lives. The progress that each makes toward God brings him closer to the other brothers. The closer they are to God, the closer they become to one another; and the closer they are to one another, the closer they become to God (Dorotheos, On Refusal to Judge Our Neighbor 139). The community, then, is crucial for the progress of each member's maturity.

Dorotheus of Gaza or Abba Dorotheus was a Christian monk and abbot. He joined the monastery Abba Serid near Gaza through the influence of elders Barsanuphius and John. Around 540 he founded his own monastery nearby and became abbot there.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorotheos_von_Gaza

Born: AD 505

Died: AD 565

*Remembering*

Pat Wiederspan

April 16, 1923 – June 1, 2012

Pat, center, with Alice and Julie on an outing to the Humphrey Museum with twelve members

of our former DAM (Denver Art Museum) Conservation crew last September.

How are you greeting each day?

Is it with an attitude of expectation and confidence?

Or do you rise with a sense of depression and dread?

You have a choice.

And as the day unfolds, there are more choices, moment by moment.

The day is an empty canvas.

The shapes and colors the canvas gives back to you will be the shapes and colors you put there.

The shapes and colors are yours to choose.

~ Edith Niblo

(From Pat’s Memorial Service)

Pat and Don’s three daughters had the wonderful gift of spending the last month of

Pat’s life on earth with their mother in the home where they grew up together.

1 Sam. 8:4-11 (12-15) 16-20 (11:14-15)

Ps. 138

2 Cor. 4:13—5:1

Mark 3:20-35