Wisdom Quest
Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. So do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 5:15-20
Christ
Embracing St. Bernard
RIBALTA,
Francisco
1625-1627
Prado
Museum
Madrid,
Spain
The Supreme Ethical Rule:
Act so as to elicit the best in others
and thereby in thyself.
~
Felix Adler
Knowledge speaks,
but wisdom listens.
~
Jimi Hendrix
An AMAZING week!
Kei
Sakamoto, Robin Alexander Sakamoto (niece), Jack Alexander (Baby Brother), and
his wife, Dottie,
arrived
to celebrate my SIGNIFICANT birthday.
Carolyn’s Significant Birthday
Mount Vernon Country Club
hosted by
Dot and Jack Alexander!
Jack
(Baby Brother) and Dottie Alexander, Arlene Bruns at the celebration
at
Mount Vernon Country Club on Tuesday, August 11, 2015.
(My
actual birthday is August 1st but this is when Robin could come!)
A
return of the “Carolyn” placards.
Kei
Sakamoto (with his mother, Robin Alexander Sakamoto)
told
individuals that he was my birthday present since he and Robin came all the way
from Tokyo!!!
When
he left, he said he would like to be my birthday present every year.
<gr>
He
also observed that I am four times older than he!
Dot
and Jack Alexander
Canyon
Room
Mount
Vernon Country Club
A
lovely toast from Dottie and Jack.
Thank you, DOTTIE and JACK!!!
You are amazing!
Carolyn
with Rev. Mark Vickstrom
A
VERY significant occasion!
Everything
was beautifully coordinated:
the
invitations, the name tags, the food, the center pieces, the cake!
(Hmmm.
Where did that butterfly come from? KIMRA?)
The
amazing and FABulous Rev. Kimra Perkins aka “Butterfly Lady” singing
Happy Birthday.
Thank you, KIMRA and MARK!
Mark
celebrates his significant
birthday (minus 25 years) on Sunday, August 16th.
He
leaves for Zimbabwe this coming week as part of a team for the Denver
Presbytery.
Kei
Sakamoto at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs the next day.
Kei
Sakamoto
Dot
Alexander, Kei Sakamoto, Vicki Hall, Jack Alexander
Kei
pointing to Edwin Moses who won the Olympic Gold in “Kei’s
event” twice.
Kei
and Dottie at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs.
Nobody made a greater mistake
than he who did nothing
because he could do only a little.
~
Edmund Burke
August 16, 2015 12th Sunday after
Pentecost—20th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 15
Jesus
said, "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."
The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" So Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever."
John 6:51-58
Agnus Day, by
James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
Psalm
111:2
1 Kings
2:10-12; 3:3-14
Psalm 111 or
Proverbs 9:1-6
Psalm 34:9-14
Ephesians 5:15-20
John 6:51-58