"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
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
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
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