The Pilgrimage of Life

Jesus said to the people, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven." They were saying, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, `I have come down from heaven'?" Jesus answered them, "Do not complain among yourselves. No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day. It is written in the prophets, `And they shall all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

John 6:35, 41-51

Still Life with Stoneware Jug, Wine Glass, Herring, and Bread

CLAESZ, Pieter

1642

Museum of Fine Arts

1913, bequest of Mrs. Edward Wheelwright to the MFA

Boston, Massachusetts

United States

Claesz. specialized in the monochrome “breakfast piece,” a type of still life that presents the makings of a modest meal, primarily in related shades of muted green, gray, and brown. He usually approached his subject from a low vantage point, created a sense of depth by overlapping objects and blurring the edges of those farther back. Knife handles often project over the edge of the table, extending the composition into the viewer’s own space; this device also creates a sense of instability that plays against the careful and harmonious arrangement of objects on the table.

http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/still-life-with-stoneware-jug-wine-glass-herring-and-bread-31463

When I was young,

I admired clever people.

Now that I am old,

I admire kind people.

~ Abraham Joshua Heschel

Parents who are no longer curious

are not as alive as the children

they raise who are!

~ Neil deGrasse-Tyson

I was a fill-in for a Dine Around group at Jim Hill’s amazing log cabin.

Jim, Mike, Bill

Linda Lovin, Dori Painter

Jim Hill, Dori Painter with dessert

Is that a Moose neck-deep in Evergreen Lake?  Yup!

 See it on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYHgNipoCEg#t=137

 I had to be at the Presbyterian Highlands Conference Center near Estes Park at 9:00 on Saturday morning for the Presbytery meeting.  

I had told them last winter that I would take pictures then.  It was a beautiful drive up and back!

They were celebrating their partnership with the Zimbabwe Presbytery and had 

local dancers to help with the celebration.

Three members of the Presbytery will be visiting Zimbabwe in a few months.

Rev. Mark Vickstrom, Rev. Gretchen Wilson, and Jean Demmler

We turn not older with years

but newer every day.

~ Emily Dickenson

August 9, 2015 11th Sunday after Pentecost—19th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 14

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Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

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

2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 

Psalm 130 or 

1 Kings 19:4–8 

Psalm 34:1–8

Ephesians 4:25-5:2
John 6:35, 41-51