Let us give thanks.
“Ye Glutton”
ROCKWELL, Norman
1923
United
States
This Norman Rockwell painting
appeared on the cover of Life Magazine published November 22, 1923. Alternate
titles for this illustration are Pilgrim in Stocks and Thanksgiving. This
was the twenty-seventh cover by Rockwell to appear on Life Magazine. A Rockwell
painting only appeared twice on Life magazine’s cover in 1923 and twenty-eight
times in all.
The stocks do not look like the joke stocks we see in
amusement parks. There is no rough wood on those stocks. These
stocks, no doubt commissioned by Rockwell to be authentic, are made from rough
poles and scrap boards. Splinters may also be a part of the punishment.
To the front side of the stocks is tacked a sign that bears the designation of his offense, Ye Glutton.
How much would he have eaten to be charged with gluttony? He doesn’t look overweight. I doubt many pilgrims were. They barely had enough food to survive during their first years in the New World.
Under those conditions, any form of overeating would have been discouraged, both publicly and privately.
This was Rockwell's subtle way of reminding Life readers not to over-indulge at Thanksgiving. It's just a good thing that gluttony and overeating is no longer punishable by imprisonment in stocks! Or maybe not.
In ordinary life,
we hardly realize that we receive
a great deal more than we give,
and that it is only with gratitude
that life becomes rich.
~
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
If we are ever in doubt about what to do,
it is a good rule to ask ourselves
what we shall wish on the morrow
that we had done.
~
John Lubbock
Foothills Art Center
Golden, Colorado
Our
Painted Toe group had an early look at the Holiday Art Market on Monday.
VERY
nicely arranged this year!
Fourth Annual Thanksgiving Luncheon
given by the two Evergreen Rotary Clubs.
Thursday,
November 16, 2017
Lakehouse,
Evergreen, Colorado
Bob
Bradley getting ready to help serve.
A
number of guests used walkers or wheelchairs and they were served
at
their tables by Rotarians. Most people were able to go through the buffet
line.
We
served more than 200 seniors!
Rev.
Susan Boucher, Karla Byrd, Sondra Kellogg
Susan
is the pastor of our church and opened with a prayer before we ate.
Some
of our past presidents served the food.
Bob
Zavodsky serving turkey.
Carolyn
Hock and friends.
Entertainment
was by Mike and Ann Moore.
Kay
LaMontagne
And
then WE got to eat! It was wonderful!
Mimi
Nelson and Nancy Grant were the amazing organizers!!!
Thursday Evening Book Club
Lurlie
Bickford, Sharron Leonard, Lynn Dimmick, Marilyn Stechert, Betty Astle
Bob
Vanourek, Motivational Leadership Business Speaker,
was
our inspirational speaker at Rotary on Friday morning.
Bob
ended his talk with the above quote which is also in one of his books.
Personal Values Exercise
Bob
also told us about an exercise he and his son wrote to help individuals
identify
what they value most. You can find it here:
http://triplecrownleadership.com/resources/personalvaluesexercise/
If the only prayer you said in your whole life
was, “Thank you,”
that would suffice.*
~
Meister Eckart
November 19, 2017
Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost; Proper 28
* I often use this
quote on Thanksgiving!
The
parable of the talents
Jesus
said, “It is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted
his property to them; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another
one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. The one who had
received the five talents went off at once and traded with them, and made five
more talents. In the same way, the one who had the two talents made two more
talents. But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in
the ground and hid his master’s money. After a long time the master of those
slaves came and settled accounts with them. Then the one who had received the
five talents came forward, bringing five more talents, saying, ‘Master, you
handed over to me five talents; see, I have made five more talents.’ His master
said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy
in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of
your master.’ And the one with the two talents also came forward, saying, ‘Master,
you handed over to me two talents; see, I have made two more talents.’ His
master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been
trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter
into the joy of your master.’ Then the one who had received the one talent also
came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew that you were a harsh man, reaping where
you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed; so I was afraid,
and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.’ But
his master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap
where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter? Then you ought to have
invested my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received what
was my own with interest. So take the talent from him, and give it to the one
with the ten talents. For to all those who have, more will be given, and they
will have an abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will
be taken away. As for this worthless slave, throw him into the outer darkness,
where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’”
Matthew 25:14-30
Agnus Day, by
James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
Judges 4:1-7 with Psalm 123 or
Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18 with Psalms 90:1-8 (9-11),
12
1
Thessalonians 5:1-11
Matthew
25:14-30