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
Lamp of Wisdom
Waterperry
Gardens
Oxfordshire,
Great Britain
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
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).
Bryce,
center, with Elizabeth and Daniel at Wednesday Breakfast.
Jackie and
Tina
Our
afternoon book club had a lovely time at Jackie’s home.
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).
Pretty
velvet!
At the lake
this morning.
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e5hn3r0057105dde&llr=fbelsddab
I helped
with the silent auction during the Third Annual Bootstraps Winefest
at the Evergreen Rodeo Grounds.
Curtis
Lincoln, chef and owner of Willow Creek Restaurant,
demonstrated
how to make cheese for Insalata Caprese.
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
Previous
OPQs may be found at:
http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
"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
Agnus Day appears with the
permission of www.agnusday.org
Happy 100th
Birthday, Julia!
1 Kings 2:10–12; 3:3–14
Ps. 111
Eph. 5:15–20
John 6:51–58