Sacrifice and Hospitality
God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I shall show you.” So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac; he cut the wood for the burnt offering, and set out and went to the place in the distance that God had shown him. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place far away. Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the boy and I will go over there; we will worship, and then we will come back to you.” Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together. Isaac said to his father Abraham, “Father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” Abraham said, “God himself will provide the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together.
When they came to the place that God had shown him, Abraham built an altar there and laid the wood in order. He bound his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to kill his son. But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.” And Abraham looked up and saw a ram, caught in a thicket by its horns. Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called that place “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”
Genesis 22:1-14
Abraham
and Isaac
SWANSON,
John August
Serigraph
Contemporary
Bibliotheque
Nationale
Paris
France
JOHN AUGUST
SWANSON makes his
home in Los Angeles, California, where he was born in 1938. He paints in oil,
watercolor, acrylic and mixed
His art reflects the strong heritage of storytelling he inherited from his Mexican mother and Swedish father. John Swanson’s narrative is direct and easily understood. He addresses himself to human values, cultural roots, and his quest for self-discovery through visual images. These include Bible stories and social celebrations such as attending the circus, the concert, and the opera. He also tells of everyday existence, of city and country walks, of visits to the library, the train station or the schoolroom. All his parables optimistically embrace life and one’s spiritual transformation.
http://www.johnaugustswanson.com
THE SERIGRAPH PROCESS
http://www.johnaugustswanson.com/default.cfm/PID%3d1-7.html
Hospitality is the practice of God’s welcome
by reaching across difference
to participate in God’s actions bringing
justice and healing to our world in crisis.
~
Letty M. Russell
The Christian faith has not been tried and found wanting.
It has been found difficult, and left untried.
~
G.K. Chesterton
Carolyn
Alexander, Jean Ann Wheeler, Anna Marie Nelson
Dinner
with Anna Marie and George Monday evening
Rich
Leibundgut, George Nelson
Jane
Bruce, Lauri Romberg
Laurie
had eight of us for cocktails (or water) on Thursday evening.
Our
Walkies group actually walked after breakfast today!
Sharron,
Joan, Eileen and, in the back, Kathy, Sharron’s sister-in-law.
Rebecca
and I are not pictured.
Our
Rotary Club decorated the Evergreen Tree for the Fourth on Friday.
A designer knows he has achieved perfection
not when there is nothing left to add,
but when there is nothing left to take away.
~
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
July 2, 2017 Third Sunday
after Pentecost; Proper 8
Previous OPQs may be found at:
Jesus said, “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous; and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple-- truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.”
Matthew 10:40-42
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission
of www.agnusday.org
Genesis 22:1-14 with Psalm 13 or
Jeremiah 28:5-9 with Psalm 89:1-4, 15-18
Romans 6:12-23
Matthew 10:40-42
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