NEW Beginnings
John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And people from the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. He proclaimed, “The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”
Mark 1:4-11
The
Baptism of Christ
FRANCESCA,
Piero della
1448-50
National
Gallery
United
Kingdom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baptism_of_Christ_(Piero_della_Francesca)
Piero della Francesca, The Baptism of Christ
Dialogue - Khan Academy
Be willing to be a beginner
every single morning.
~
Meister Eckhart
Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth
that around every circle another can be drawn;
that there is no end in nature,
but every end is a beginning,
and under every deep a lower deep opens.
~
Ralph Waldo Emerson
New Year’s Eve Dinner, 2017
Thank
you, Jim and Anita Kreider!
They
took cooking lessons in both Viet Nam and Thailand and served
an
astonishing meal!
Miang
Kham (one-bite wrap) was our appetizer.
Anita
demonstrated how to assemble it;
a
combination of ginger, chilies, lime, peanuts, coconut, mint, shallots, and
sauce wrapped in a
betel
leaf. Anita substituted butter leaf lettuce for the betel leaf.
You
pop the whole thing in your mouth and experience
an
explosion of flavors! YUM!!!
We
rang in the new year with New York City and I was in my own bed not long after.
Bunny Slipper Brunch
New
Year’s Day
with
Deborah and Harold
A
maquette of one of Harold’s sculptures.
Deborah
and Harold Linke
(with
bunny slippers)
An
afternoon celebration was also held at the home of
Donald
Funk and Merit Hellman-Funk.
Howard
Hillman is on the left.
I
was not hungry that evening!!!
You may have a fresh start any moment you choose,
for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the
falling down,
but the staying down.
~
Mary Pickford
January 7, 2018
First Sunday after the Epiphany Year B - The Baptism of Christ
Agnus Day, by James Wetzsteinaaa
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
Genesis 1:1-5
Psalm 29
Acts 19:1-7
Mark
1:4-11