"I NEED" vs. "I WANT"

Blinded by Plenty

Greed

 



Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me." But he said to him, "Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?" And he said to them, "Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions." Then he told them a parable: "The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And he thought to himself, 'What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?' Then he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.' But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich towards God."

Luke 12:13-21

Parable of the Rich Man

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

1627

Gemäldegalerie der Staatliche Museen zu Berlin 

Germany

http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?SID=20130803442840576&code=ACT&RC=55520&Row=16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, 

but not every man's greed.

~ Mahatma Gandhi

 

 

 

 

In this world it is not what we take up,

but what we give up,

that makes us rich.

~ Henry Ward Beecher

 

 

 

 

 

Lisa with two-month-old Addyson.

Addyson would have been our brother Keith's second great-grandchild.

 

 

Mary Haave, Valda Barker, Barbara Sternberg

Barbara Sternberg's five children had a lovely 90th birthday celebration

for her at Mt. Vernon Country Club.

 

Barbara is working on another book!

Here is her last one (2011):

 

 

Anne Evans - A Pioneer in Colorado's Cultural History:

The Things That Last When Gold is Gone

 

http://www.amazon.com/Anne-Evans-Pioneer-Colorados-Cultural/dp/0615383998

 

 

Peggy Eggers and Anita Bunch were two of the celebrators.

 

 

Chuck and Gail Ridings had an amazing Barn Party!

 

What fun the kids had in the "old" barn, built in 1877.

 

They use their "new" barn (1997) for riding their three horses.

 

The new and the old.

 

 

Gorgeous home, wonderful people!!!

 

Gail and Chuck are the ones who in April, 2012, adopted Meri, a pit bull that had

been muzzled with barbed wire and was badly abused.

At the Barn Party, Meri was happily running about and playing with the other dogs.

 

http://www.9news.com/news/article/264487/222/Abused-pit-bull-muzzled-with-barbed-wire-

 

 

 

Congratulations,

Kei Sakamoto!!!

Kei took the bronze in the 400m Hurdles!

Kiyokazu, Kei, and Robin Sakamoto

 

Vicki took me to Sims Steakhouse for my birthday dinner.

Yum!!!

Thank you, Vicki!

 

Our Community Garden is spectacular!

 

 

 

 

 

Don't allow your brain to blind your eyes.  

~ Skip Lawrence

 

 

 

 

 

 

August 4, 2013         Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

                                  Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

                                  Proper 13

 

Previous OPQs may be found at:

 

 

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

 

 

Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hosea 11:1-11 with Psalm 107:1-9, 43 or
Ecclesiastes 1:2,12-14; 2:18-23 with Psalm 49:1-12
Colossians 3:1-11

Luke 12:13-21