Prophet on the Edge
In the synagogue at Nazareth, Jesus read
from the book of the prophet Isaiah, and began to say, "Today this
scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." All spoke well of him and
were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They said, "Is
not this Joseph's son?" He said to them, "Doubtless you will quote to
me this proverb, 'Doctor, cure yourself!' And you will say, 'Do here also in
your hometown the things that we have heard you did at Capernaum.'" And he
said, "Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in the prophet's hometown.
But the truth is, there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when
the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a severe
famine over all the land; yet Elijah was sent to none of them except to a widow
at Zarephath in Sidon. There were also many lepers in Israel in the time of the
prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian."
When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with rage. They got up, drove
him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town
was built, so that they might hurl him off the cliff. But he passed through the
midst of them and went on his way.
Luke 4:21-30
Brow
of the Hill near Nazareth
TISSOT,
James
1886-1894
Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove
paper
Brooklyn
Museum
New
York
United
States
Protesters are still on the fringes like satellites,
revolving around the system.
But prophets and poets lead us into a new world,
beyond simply yelling at the old one.
~
Shane Claiborne
Love is holy because it is like grace—
the worthiness of its object
is never really what matters.
~
Marilynne Robinson
Woofie
got a new cast this week.
Unfortunately,
the bone is not healing well.
Rebecca
Martin, just home from four months in a Buddhist Nunnery in India,
and
I had lunch at the Wildflower Cafe in beautiful downtown Evergreen.
Greg Smith, Executive
Director of Colorado PERA (Public Employees’
Retirement Association)
was
our speaker at Rotary.
Carolyn
and Dottie Alexander had lunch together on Friday
while
Brother Jack was in bed with a yucky bug.
Love all God's creation, the
whole and every grain of sand in it. Love every leaf, every ray of God's light.
Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you
will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will
begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the
whole world with an all-embracing love.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
January 31, 2016 Fourth
Sunday after the Epiphany
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
Jeremiah 1:4-10
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Jeremiah 1:4-10
Psalm 71:1-6
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Luke
4:21-30