Pick up the Yoke of Freedom
For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another. For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." If, however, you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.
Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the law. Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.
Galatians 5:1, 13-25
Slaves
Waiting for Sale, Richmond, VA
CROWE,
Eyre
1861
Heinz
Collection
Washington,
DC
United
States
Painted
from an 1853 sketch -- "Eyre Crowe (1824–1910) was an English painter,
principally of historical art and genre scenes, but with an interest in social
realism. He was born in London but grew up in France. He was the eldest son of
the journalist Eyre Evans Crowe and brother of the journalist, diplomat and art
historian Joseph Archer Crowe (whose son, also Eyre Crowe became an important
diplomat). He was a pupil of William Darley and later of Paul Delaroche in
Paris. He traveled in the United States as amanuensis to Thackeray between 1852
and 1853. He published With Thackeray in America (1893) and Thackeray's Haunts
and Homes (1897). He exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy in London between
1846 and 1908. In 1876 he was elected an associate of the Royal Academy. His
pictures include "Slaves Waiting for Sale: Richmond, Virginia"
(1861); "Defoe in the Pillory" (1862); "Luther Pasting his
Theses on the Church Door of Wittenberg" (1864); "Shinglers" or
"The Foundry" (1869); "The Penance of Dr Johnson, 1784"
(1869); ... “Convicts at Work, Portsmouth" (1887);..." from
Wikipedia
See
more:
https://eyrecrowe.com/pictures/1860s/slaves-waiting-for-sale/
http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1623
Book featuring Eyre Crowe’s slavery pictures - 2011
Maurie
D. McInnes has just published Slaves Waiting
for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade (Chicago
University Press, 2011), which is a detailed and lavishly illustrated
examination of Eyre Crowe’s picture Slaves Waiting
For Sale (1861), as compared with other contemporary artworks
relating to slavery in the American South.
Eyre Crowe visited the southern states of America in 1852-1853
and was intrigued and appalled by the slave trade there. His experiences led
him to create a series of sketches and paintings intended to further the
abolitionist cause. Each of these are described in more detail in the ‘Slavery
Pictures’ part of this website.
https://eyrecrowe.com/2012/01/03/new-book-featuring-eyre-crowes-slavery-pictures/
A Christian is the most free lord of all, and subject to
none;
A Christian is the most dutiful servant of all,
and subject to everyone.
~
Martin Luther
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances,
but are unwilling to improve themselves;
they therefore remain bound.
~
James Allen
Thank
you, Ruth and Jack Salter, for the wonderful rhubarb!!!
YUM!!!
It
was Cowboy Sunday at church last Sunday.
Judi
Quackenboss, Vicki Kyle
at
Bunco on Tuesday evening.
Changing of the Guard
Rotary Club of Evergreen
at the Lakehouse
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Annette
and Bob Bradley
Bob
is our outgoing president and was surprised when he saw his son
and
daughter-in-law show up!
Dale
and Linda Lovin
Linda
is our new president!
Carolyn
Alexander, Gretchen Berggren
Center for the Arts Evergreen
Three Views: Contemporary Work
by Charles Parson and his sons, Collin Parson and Devon
Parson
Friday, June 24, 2016
Devon,
Charles, and Collin Parson
A
fascinating show!
by
Collin Parson
Collin
Parson currently serves as the Exhibition Manager and Chief Curator for the
Arvada Center
for
the Arts and Humanities in Arvada, Colorado.
Devon
Parson creates work on thin gauge sheet metal with a variety of rust
patterns
to
memorialize a time and place in the American Southwest.
Charles
Parson has exhibited his drawings, wall constructions, sculptures,
installations,
and
performance works throughout the United States.
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true.
I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the
light that I have.
I must stand with anybody that stands right,
and stand with him while he is right,
and part with him when he goes wrong.
~
Abraham Lincoln
June 26, 2016 Thirteenth Sunday
in Ordinary Time/Sixth Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 8
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission
of www.agnusday.org
Prayer of St. Patrick
I arise today
Through the strength of heaven;
Light of the sun,
Splendor of fire,
Speed of lightning,
Swiftness of the wind,
Depth of the sea,
Stability of the earth,
Firmness of the rock.
I arise today
Through God's strength to pilot me;
God's might to uphold me,
God's wisdom to guide me,
God's eye to look before me,
God's ear to hear me,
God's word to speak for me,
God's hand to guard me,
God's way to lie before me,
God's shield to protect me,
God's hosts to save me
Afar and anear,
Alone or in a multitude.
Christ shield me today
Against wounding.
Christ with me, Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,
Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in the eye that sees me,
Christ in the ear that hears me.
I arise today
Through the mighty strength
Of the Lord of creation.
1 Kings 19:15-16,19-21
Psalm 16
Galatians 5:1, 13-25
Luke 9:51-62