Do You See?

 

Fourth Sunday in Lent

 



As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God's works might be revealed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man's eyes, saying to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see. The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, "Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?" Some were saying, "It is he." Others were saying, "No, but it is someone like him." He kept saying, "I am the man." But they kept asking him, "Then how were your eyes opened?" He answered, "The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' Then I went and washed and received my sight." They said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I do not know."

They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. Then the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had received his sight. He said to them, "He put mud on my eyes. Then I washed, and now I see." Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not observe the sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?" And they were divided. So they said again to the blind man, "What do you say about him? It was your eyes he opened." He said, "He is a prophet."

The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?" His parents answered, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; but we do not know how it is that now he sees, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself." His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus to be the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue. Therefore his parents said, "He is of age; ask him."

So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and they said to him, "Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner." He answered, "I do not know whether he is a sinner. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see." They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" He answered them, "I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?" Then they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from." The man answered, "Here is an astonishing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to one who worships him and obeys his will. Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing." They answered him, "You were born entirely in sins, and are you trying to teach us?" And they drove him out.

Jesus heard that they had driven him out, and when he found him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" He answered, "And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him." Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and the one speaking with you is he." He said, "Lord, I believe." And he worshipped him. Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment so that those who do not see may see, and those who do see may become blind." Some of the Pharisees near him heard this and said to him, "Surely we are not blind, are we?" Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, 'We see,' your sin remains."

 

John 9:1-41

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The Light of the World

HUNT, William Holman

1853-1854

Keble College Chapel

Oxford, Great Britain

 

http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?SID=20140325594329833&code=act&RC=54233&Row=20

 

 

 

 

 

What we see depends mainly

on what we look for.

~ John Lubbock

 

 

 

We may run, walk, stumble, drive, or fly,

but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey,

or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way.

~ Gloria Gaither

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rev. Dr. Jim Reid is our new interim Pastor!

 

 

Happy Birthday, Vicki Hall!

We finally celebrated her March 13th birthday at the Fresh Fish Co.

for their Sunday Brunch.

 

 

Vicki liked the little blue fish in one of the aquariums.

 

 

 

Joint meeting of the Evergreen and Mountain Foothills Rotary Clubs

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

5:30 - 8:30

Mt. Vernon Country Club

Our very interesting speaker was Dana Crawford, legendary Denver developer and preservationist.

She spoke about her current big project, the revitalization and transformation of Union Station

into a regional transportation hub and cultural center.

It is scheduled to open in July of 2014.

 

 

Denver Union Station

http://unionstationindenver.com

 

 

We celebrated Jackie McFarland’s birthday at Las Brisas Restaurant on Thursday.

 

 

Carolyn Martyn, Nancy Priest

 

 

We also went to the Colorado Watercolor Society’s

State Watercolor Exhibit

at the Lone Tree Arts Center

“Dog’s Best Friend"

by Joyce Shelton

Joyce was one of the five Painted Toe members to be in the show.

Congratulations, Joyce, for the award you received!

I love your work!!!

 

 

Annie Roux provided treats and Jeanne Canny reviewed 

The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe

for our Evening Book Club.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Your-Life-Schwalbe-first-Hardcover/dp/B00BR9XS2K/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1396130602&sr=1-2&keywords=end+of+your+life+book+club+by+will+schwalbe

120 for $120

Opening Reception for Viewing

Friday, March 28, 2014

The actual fundraising event will be April 25, 2014.

 

 

Melony Smith, Trish Tofte, and Kate Loomiller at the Opening.

(Noi, on the left, also wanted to be in the picture.)

 

 

 

 

 

If someone isn’t what others want them to be,

the others become angry.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea

of how other people should lead their lives,

but none about his or her own.

~ Paulo Coelho

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 30, 2014  Fourth Sunday in Lent

 

Previous OPQs may be found at:
     http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm

 

THE WAY TO JERUSALEM

IS CLUTTERED

 

The way to Jerusalem

is cluttered

with bits and pieces of our lives

that fly up and cry out,

wounding us as we try

to keep upon this path

that leads to Life.

 

Why didn’t somebody tell us

that it would be so hard?

 

In the midst of the clutter,

the children laugh

and run after stars.

Those of us who are wise

will follow,

for the children will be the first

to kneel in Jerusalem.

 

By Ann Weems

               from “Kneeling in Jerusalem”

 

 

 

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

 

comic

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Psalm 23

Ephesians 5:8-14

John 9:1-41