Have Mercy
Then Peter came
and said to him, "Lord, if another member of the church sins against me,
how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to him,
"Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.
"For this
reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle
accounts with his slaves. When he began the reckoning, one who owed him ten
thousand talents was brought to him; and, as he could not pay, his lord ordered
him to be sold, together with his wife and children and all his possessions,
and payment to be made. So the slave fell on his knees before him, saying,
'Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.' And out of pity for
him, the lord of that slave released him and forgave him the debt. But that same
slave, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow-slaves who owed him a
hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat, he said, 'Pay what you owe.'
Then his fellow-slave fell down and pleaded with him, 'Have patience with me,
and I will pay you.' But he refused; then he went and threw him into prison
until he should pay the debt. When his fellow-slaves saw what had happened,
they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their lord all that
had taken place. Then his lord summoned him and said to him, 'You wicked slave!
I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. Should you not have
had mercy on your fellow-slave, as I had mercy on you?' And in anger his lord
handed him over to be tortured until he should pay his entire debt. So my
heavenly Father will also do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your
brother or sister from your heart.”
Matthew 18:21-35
Madonna
of Mercy
PIERO,
della Francesca
Between
1460 and 1462
Sansepolcro,
Italy
God’s mercy is fresh and new
every morning.
~
Joyce Meyer
The just is close to the people’s heart,
but the merciful is close to the heart of God.
~
Khalil Gibran
The
Westin Westminster Hotel, Westminster, Colorado,
was
the venue for the Rotary International Institute this past week.
(I
only attended for part of the day on Friday.)
Gretchen
MacArthur, Todd Bastian, Carolyn Alexander, and Linda Lovin
at
lunch on Friday … along with 900 other attendees.
Gary
C.K. Huang, Rotary International President from Taiwan,
with
his wife, Corinna, and Greg Podd.
Greg
arranged for 40+ of our club members to have a one-hour private
meeting
with the Rotary International President.
Kimra
Perkins helped them feel more comfortable in Colorado
by
giving them cowboy hats, handcuffs, a mustache, and teaching them to play the
kazoo.
Our
club president, Sam Smith, welcomed them and Laurie Romberg presented
President
Huang with a Rockmount Ranch Wear cowboy necktie.
Jack
A. Weil, founder of Rockmount Ranch Wear, was the grandfather of Greg Romberg,
Laurie’s husband.
Some
of our Evergreen Rotary Club … at our best?
Vicki
and Ken Kyle at our church Spares and Pairs gathering Friday evening.
Mike,
Oralie McAfee, Bruce Evashevski at Spares and Pairs.
Joan
Evashevski, Sharron Leonard.
Spares
and Pairs was at the Evashevski’s.
Russ Campbell*
1937
- September 3, 2014
A
very touching Memorial Service was held at Christies of Genesee
for
Russ, husband of Carolyn Campbell.
The
setting overlooking Denver was lovely and much enjoyed by Russ.
Such
an amazing life!
Dale
Lovin, author of
Strangers,
Lovers and the Winds of Time,
his
second novel, at Hearthfire Books for his book signing.
http://www.amazon.com/Dale-Lovin/e/B007O463P6
Linda
and Dale Lovin had a huge catered open house
at
their new home in Evergreen.
Suzanne
and Vicki, friends of the Lovins, are wearing tee-shirts given them by Dale
because
they are featured in his novel.
They
said the meaning of TTB can be found on page 130 of Dale’s novel.
Dale
Lovin with his visiting brothers, Ken Lovin, and Keith Lovin.
Dale
and Ken were both FBI agents and Keith was the president
of
a small college in Missouri.
It is better to light one small candle
than to curse the darkness.
~
Confucius
September 14, 2014 Fourteenth Sunday
after Pentecost — 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 19
* In memory of Russ Campbell
Native American Poem
I give you this one thought to keep -
I am with you still - I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not think of me as gone -
I am with you still - in each new dawn.
Agnus Day, by
James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
Exodus 14: 19-31
Psalm 114
Romans 14: 1-12
Matthew 18: 21-35