First
Sunday of Advent *
Hope,
Peace,
Joy, and Love
[Jesus said:] "There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars,
and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and
the waves. People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon
the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see
'the Son of Man coming in a cloud' with power and great glory. Now when these things
begin to take place, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is
drawing near."
Then he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree and all the trees; as
soon as they sprout leaves you can see for yourselves and know that summer is
already near. So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that
the kingdom of God is near. Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass
away until all things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my
words will not pass away.
"Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and
drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day catch you unexpectedly,
like a trap. For it will come upon all who live on the face of the whole earth.
Be alert at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all
these things that will take place, and to stand before the Son of Man."
Luke 21:25-36
Last Judgment, the Elect in Heaven
1096-1107
Saomte-Foy
de Conques (church)
Conques,
France
http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/diglib-viewlargeimage.pl
Hope,
like the gleaming taper’s light,
Adorns
and cheers our way;
And
still, as darker grows the night,
Emits
a brighter ray.
~
Oliver Goldsmith
Hope
is not the same as optimism.
~
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Cheryl
St. John
holding
a giclee print of her Awaiting Spring at Foothills Art Center in Golden.
Cheryl’s
painting was selected in a juried show as the
2012
Official Image of the Capitol Christmas Tree!!!
http://capitolchristmastree2012.org/capitol_tree_art_winner_selected/
Sarah
Franklin, of the Silver Plume Tea Room.
Our
Wednesday Breakfast Group
enjoyed
breakfast there two weeks ago.
(I’m
behind.)
Congratulations,
Brenna!
Into
Your Hands Africa welcomed Brenna Vaughn as its
new
Executive Director.
Jack Salter and Lynne Milliken
examining jigsaw puzzles made from Tom Newsom’s Santa Claus
paintings
at breakfast on Wednesday.
Some of Tom Newsom’s Santa puzzles.
http://www.newsomart.com/gallery.php?gallery=6
Loie Evans and Carmon Slater each claiming one of Tom’s
puzzles.
Tom, center, is happy to take Jack’s money for
some of the puzzles.
Three
Kansas State Wildcats, Bill Manning, Chad Dyson, and Mike Giller,
wearing
purple at Rotary on Friday morning.
And,
in the background, Jim Davis, a wanna-be Wildcat?
Marion,
one of our Memories in the Making artists at Life Care Nursing Home,
laughed
out loud at the singing Santa and reindeer!
I
loved the concentric patterns made by air bubbles
in
the ice at the lake this morning.
In
the hour of adversity be not without hope
For
crystal rain falls from black clouds.
~ Persian Poem
December 2,
2012 First Sunday of Advent
Previous OPQs may be found at:
http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
* “Advent”
means “coming” or “arrival.” During the season of Advent, we celebrate Christ’s
coming into the world and watch with expectant hope for his coming again. In
its historical origins, the season of Advent was patterned after the season of
Lent, a six-week period of penitence and preparation for Easter. Similarly, the
four weeks of Advent present an opportunity for communal discernment and
personal examination, as the church prepares to celebrate the Nativity of the
Lord and looks with hope for Christ’s return.
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the
permission of www.agnusday.org
Wash
Your Spirit Clean
(Sung in Cherokee and English)
http://www.panhala.net/Archive/Wash_Your_Spirit_Clean.html
1
Thessalonians 3:12
http://www.heartlight.org/gallery/1844.html
Jeremiah
33:14–16
Psalm
25:1–10
1
Thessalonians 3:9–13
Luke
21:25–36