Freedom
St.
Paul in Prison
Rembrandt
van Rijn
1627
Staatsgalerie,
Stuttgart
Germany
It is not only what we do,
but also what we do not do,
for which we are accountable.
~
Moliere
Freedom is the open window
through which pours the sunlight
of the human spirit and human dignity.
~
Herbert Hoover
Doug
and Sue Brown's kids gave them a nice Retirement Party
at
the Lakehouse last Sunday.
Carolyn
and Jeanne Gibbard
Jeanne
took me to Palettes Restaurant at the Denver Art Museum
and
then we saw
Spun:
Adventures in Textiles, and Nick Cave: Sojourn.
Tea
Cozy
Bedcover
(Yogi)
Japan,
mid-1800s
I
could take pictures of the above artworks because they belong to the DAM.
Nick
Cave's pieces (below) are on loan to us and I used photos from other sources.
Nick
Cave's Installation of the Button Arch
The thousands of white buttons that make up the Button Arch
in the first gallery you enter were attached to a flexible wire screen (like
the material found on patio screen doors) using merchandising tag guns.
http://www.denverartmuseum.org/article/staff-blogs/buttons-installation-images
Danna
Cuin, Carolyn Alexander
Our
Wednesday Breakfast group had breakfast at Echo Lake Lodge.
Gorgeous
early morning view of Echo Lake.
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains,
but to live in a way that respects and enhances
the freedom of others.
~
Nelson Mandela
September 8, 2013 Twenty-third
Sunday in Ordinary Time
THE LETTER OF PAUL TO
Philemon
Salutation
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,
To Philemon our dear friend and co-worker, to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the church in your house:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philemon’s Love and Faith
When I remember you in my prayers, I always thank my God because I hear of your love for all the saints and your faith towards the Lord Jesus.I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective when you perceive all the good that we may do for Christ. I have indeed received much joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, my brother.
Paul’s Plea for Onesimus
For this reason, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do your duty, yet I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love—and I, Paul, do this as an old man, and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus. I am appealing to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment. Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful both to you and to me. I am sending him, that is, my own heart, back to you. I wanted to keep him with me, so that he might be of service to me in your place during my imprisonment for the gospel; but I preferred to do nothing without your consent, in order that your good deed might be voluntary and not something forced.Perhaps this is the reason he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for ever, no longer as a slave but as more than a slave, a beloved brother—especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
So if you consider me your partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. If he has wronged you in any way, or owes you anything, charge that to my account. I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay it. I say nothing about your owing me even your own self. Yes, brother, let me have this benefit from you in the Lord! Refresh my heart in Christ. Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
Philemon 1-21
Agnus Day, by
James Wetzstein
Jeremiah 18:1–11
Psalm 139:1–6
Philemon 1–21
Luke 14:25–33