Renounce self-centeredness
for divine values
 
 
Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things."
Mark 8:31-38
Get The Behind Me, Satan!
Canadian Church Bulletins
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Our greatest strength lies
not in how much we differ from each other
but in how much ... how very much ...
we are the same.*
                                                     ~ Eknath Easwaran
 
 
 
 
When love and skill work together,
expect a masterpiece.
                                                     ~ John Ruskin
 
 
 
 
 
Ross celebrated his 80th birthday!
Todd is his son-in-law.
 
Finn, Brewmeister extraordinaire!
 
Dee, Ross's wife, is on the right and their daughter, Pam, is on the left.
 
Kimra playing Wii Golf
 
Vicki and I had a delicious dinner on Monday!!!
 
 
Carolyn and Ursula
Mary Beth came to observe our Memories in the Making
class at Life Care Nursing Home and sent this picture she took.
 
 
 
 
 
The miller believes that all the wheat grows
so that his mill keeps running.
                                                     ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
 
 
 
 
 
March 8, 2009    Second Sunday in Lent
 
Previous OPQs: 
http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
 
 
* Teaching Principles and Values:   http://www.teachingvalues.com/quotes.html
 
 
 
He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? Indeed, what can they give in return for their life? Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
Mark 8:31-38
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
 


He must forget self, carry his cross, and follow me
VALLOTTON, Annie
From the "Good News" Bible
http://www.biblical-art.com/artwork.asp?id_artwork=25879&showmode=Full

 

 

Gen. 17:1-7, 15-16

Psalm 22:23-31

Romans 4:13-25

Mark 8:31-38