Living Wisdom

 


Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. So do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 5:15-20

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Lamp of Wisdom

Waterperry Gardens

Oxfordshire, Great Britain

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The older I grow the more I distrust the

familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

~ H. L. Mencken

 

 

 

Wisdom is what’s left after we’ve

run out of personal opinions.

~ Cullen Hightower

 

 

 

 

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Baby Brother Jack greeted his granddaughter, Reina, at JFK after a long flight from Tokyo.

Reina is carrying Kiri, the teddy bear who travels with her everywhere (almost).

 

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Bryce, center, with Elizabeth and Daniel at Wednesday Breakfast.

 

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Jackie and Tina

Our afternoon book club had a lovely time at Jackie’s home.

 

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Today’s youth!

Henry, our Rotary Exchange Student from Taiwan, with Kristin, co-president of Interact

(Rotary International’s service club for young people ages 12 to 18).

 

 

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Pretty velvet!

At the lake this morning.

 

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I helped with the silent auction during the Third Annual Bootstraps Winefest

at the Evergreen Rodeo Grounds.

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Curtis Lincoln, chef and owner of Willow Creek Restaurant,

demonstrated how to make cheese for Insalata Caprese.

 

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Marilyn Stechert is still on the Bootstraps Board.

 

 

 

 

 

May you awaken to the mystery of being here and enter the quiet immensity of your own presence.
May you have joy and peace in the temple of your senses.
May you receive great encouragement when new frontiers beckon.
May you respond to the call of your gift and find the courage to follow its path.
May the flame of anger free you from falsity.
May warmth of heart keep your presence aflame and may anxiety never linger about you.
May your outer dignity mirror an inner dignity of soul.
May you take time to celebrate the quiet miracles that seek no attention.
May you be consoled in the secret symmetry of your soul.
May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder.
~ John O'Donohue
A Blessing, Eternal Echoes: Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong.

 

 

 

 

 

August 19, 2012  Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost; 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

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"I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh." The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" So Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever."

John 6:51-58

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

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Happy 100th Birthday, Julia!

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1 Kings 2:10–12; 3:3–14

Ps. 111

Eph. 5:15–20

John 6:51–58