The Loaves and Fishes
The Gift of Sharing
Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a
deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on
foot from the towns. When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had
compassion for them and cured their sick. When it was evening, the disciples
came to him and said, "This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late;
send thecrowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for
themselves." Jesus said to them, "They need not go away; you give
them something to eat." They replied, "We have nothing here but five
loaves and two fish." And he said, "Bring them here to me." Then
he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the
two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave
them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And all ate
and were filled; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces,
twelve baskets full. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides
women and children.
Matthew 14:13-21
Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes
TiSSOT,
James
1886-1896
Brooklyn
Museum
New
York City, NY
United
States
Tissot offers an expansive
view of the scene, one so broad that it becomes difficult to distinguish Jesus
himself, at the upper right. However, this compositional strategy emphasizes
the magnitude of the miracle as well as the multitude of Jesus’ followers, who
fill the paths of the terraced hills.
The world is full of magic things,
patiently
waiting for our senses to grow sharper.
~ W.B. Yeats
The miracle is this:
the more we share the more we have.
~ Leonard Nimoy
Last
Sunday afternoon Steve Quiller gave a lecture/demonstration at
Center
for the Arts Evergreen.
Steve
is a wonderful person and artist who lives in Creede, Colorado.
Arlene
Bruns was the hostess for our
Painted
Toe Art Society brunch on Monday.
She
treated us to an art tour of their amazing home.
Everyone
brought a painting to show before we ate.
This
is Pat Rucker showing a new experiment of hers.
Arlene
posed with the painting I did of her
mother
several years ago.
Tuesday
was my birthday and Jeanne Gibbard arrived with a big balloon!
Thank
you, JEANNE!
Eileen
Sharkey, Sharron Leonard, and Rebecca Martin treated me
to
dinner at Willow Creek. I THANK YOU!!!
Karen
Hume, Jim Hill, Anna Marie Nelson
Jim
invited me to bring my golfing buddies to his garden for tea again.
He
fixed us Arnold Palmers since we had just come from playing golf.
One
of Jim’s many sculptures in his amazing garden.
Matt
and Courtney McLaurin gave a surprise 75th birthday party for John Wingate
at
their new Evergreen Swims business.
John
Wingate sporting a big lipstick kiss.
Jim
Davis presented a ring to “Godfather” Mat Matson on his 80th birthday
celebration
at The Wild Game on Friday.
Vicki
Kyle, Caroline Kyle Menzia, Tina Nelson, Jan Schoonveld, and Donna Bucholz
Tina,
Jan, and Donna gave a Meet the New Bride party for Caroline.
Such
fun!
Your abundance is not measured by what you have,
it is created by what you share.
~ Heidi Catherine Culbertson
August 6, 2017 Ninth Sunday
after Pentecost; Proper 13
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstei
Agnus Day appears with the permission
of www.agnusday.org
Loaves
and Fish
MLOLONEY,
Helen
1971
Church
of St. Michael
Creeslough,
Iceland
Genesis 32:22-31 with Psalm 17:1-7, 15 or
Isaiah 55:1-5 with Psalm 145:8-9, 14-21
Romans 9:1-5
Matthew
14:13-21