Believe!
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of
the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus
came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." After he
said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced
when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As
the Father has sent me, so I send you." When he had said this, he breathed
on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the
sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are
retained."
But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when
Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord."
But he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and
put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not
believe." A week later his disciples were again in the house, and
Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among
them and said, "Peace be with you." Then he said to Thomas, "Put
your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side.
Do not doubt but believe." Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my
God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me?
Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe." Now
Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not
written in this book. But these are written so that you may come to believe
that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may
have life in his name.
John 20:19-31
The Incredulity of Thomas
(central
panel of triptych)
RUBENS,
Peter Paul
1613-15
Koninklijk
Museum voor Schone Kunsten (Royal Museum of Fine Arts), Antwerp
http://www.biblical-art.com/artwork.asp?id_artwork=2688&showmode=Full
Faith is to
believe what we do not see and the reward
of this
faith is to see what we believe.
~ St. Augustine
Fear vs.
Faith
Fear
imprisons, faith liberates;
fear
paralyzes, faith empowers;
fear
disheartens, faith encourages;
fear
sickens, faith heals;
fear makes
useless, faith makes serviceable;
fear puts
hopelessness at the heart of life,
while faith
rejoices in its God.
~
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Sue Wolff came up for
dinner on Easter.
Vicki Hall (and Woofie).
Jeanne Gibbard (center)
and I thoroughly enjoyed Man of La Mancha at the Arvada Center!
At intermission, we saw
Elaine and Larry Sohrweid.
John Evans gave a very
nice presentation drawing from his many years
working in Antarctica.
John Evans and his
brother, Rick Evans.
Rick is currently living
in Buenos Aires.
We had a very interesting speaker at Rotary!
George Pond, Vice President for Design and Campus Management at the Denver Zoo,
spoke
about their gasification efforts in recycling elephant dung (and other waste)
for fuel.
http://www.denverzoo.org/toyota_elephant_passage/being_green/overview/index.html
Barbara and Mac McEldowney
and Tom Ware
at the Center for the Arts
Evergreen.
Mac donated one of his
photographs and Tom donated a sculpture
for the 120 for $120 show.
Faith is
taking the first step
even when
you dont see the whole staircase.
~ Martin
Luther King, Jr.
April 7, 2013 Second Sunday of Easter
Previous
OPQs may be found at:
http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
http://www.glasbergen.com/tag/cartoons-about-faith/
Acts 5:2732
Psalm 118:1429 or Psalm
150
Revelation 1:48
John 20:1931