Desiderata *
Strive for the Greater Gifts
Be at Peace
For just as the body is one and has many
members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is
with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body — Jews or
Greeks, slaves or free — and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. Indeed,
the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot would say,
"Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," that would
not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear would say,
"Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," that would
not make it any less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where
would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of
smell be? But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them,
as he chose. If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is,
there are many members, yet one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, "I
have no need of you," nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need
of you." On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker
are indispensable, and those members of the body that we think less honorable
we clothe with greater honor, and our less respectable members are treated with
greater respect; whereas our more respectable members do not need this. But God
has so arranged the body, giving the greater honor to the inferior member, that
there may be no dissension within the body, but the members may have the same
care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if
one member is honored, all rejoice together with it.
Now you are the body of Christ and individually
members of it. And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second
prophets, third teachers; then deeds of power, then gifts of healing, forms of
assistance, forms of leadership, various kinds of tongues. Are all apostles?
Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do all possess gifts
of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? But strive for the greater
gifts.
1 Corinthians 12:12-31a
by
Max Ehrmann
1927
American writer Max Ehrmann (1872–1945) wrote the prose poem "Desiderata" in
1927. In 1956, the Reverend Frederick Kates, rector of Saint Paul’s Church in Baltimore, Maryland, included Desiderata in a compilation of devotional materials for his
congregation. The compilation included the church's foundation date: "Old
Saint Paul's Church, Baltimore AD 1692". Consequently, the date of the text's
authorship was (and still is) widely mistaken as 1692, the year of the church's
foundation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiderata
Sculpture
of poet Max Ehrmann is dedicated in Terre Haute, Indiana
August
27, 2010
http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/25680/
Go placidly, amid the noise and haste,
remember what peace there may be in silence.
~
Max Ehrmann
You rarely have time for everything you want in this life,
so you need to make choices.
And hopefully your choices can come from
a deep sense of who you are.
~
Fred Rogers
Cliff
Bowron, our new President of Center for the Arts Evergreen,
led
us in our first formal Board meeting of the year.
Eric
Maule, our wonderful and generous architect, discussed proposed plans
for
our new art center-to-be.
Peggy
Eggers, on the left, opened her home for our long meeting Wednesday evening.
Nancy
Knudsen, Sharron Leonard
Sharron
was our hostess for Book Club on Thursday afternoon.
We
read Devotion, by Adam Makos.
Jack
Kellogg is celebrating his 92nd birthday on Monday
and
we sang Happy Birthday to him at Rotary.
Jim
Fay, Sondra Kellogg
Jim
was a guest of Sondra and Jack Kellogg at Rotary on Friday morning.
He
will be one of our speakers in April.
Young
Elvis (Lil’King Racing) was one of our speakers. He is a student at
Vertical Skills Academy (VSA).
VSA
is a nonprofit private school for students in 1st though 8th grade
who
have been diagnosed with a language-based learning disability, such as
dyslexia.
http://www.verticalskillsacademy.org
Elvis’
website shows his race results:
Installation of our new pastor
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Rev.
Dr. Charles Traylor and his wife, Sarah
May you see in what you do
the beauty of your own soul.
~
John O’Donohue
January 24, 2016 Third Sunday
after the Epiphany
* Zen Pencils ~
Desiderata, by Max Ehrmann
http://zenpencils.com/comic/desiderata/
The
above cartoon strip appeared on Zen Pencils by artist Gavin Aung Than.
Gavin is a freelance cartoonist based in Melbourne, Australia. After working in
the corporate graphic design industry for 8 years he quit to focus on his true
passion, drawing cartoons. Gavin launched Zen Pencils at the start of 2012, a
cartoon blog which adapts inspirational quotes into comic stories, and hasn’t
looked back since.
Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit,
returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding
country. He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone.
When he came to Nazareth, where he had been
brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He
stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He
unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:
"The Spirit of the Lord is
upon me,
because he has anointed
me
to
bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim
release to the captives
and recovery of sight
to the blind,
to
let the oppressed go free,
to proclaim the year of the
Lord’s favor."
And he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the
attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.
Then he began to say to them, “ oday this scripture has been
fulfilled in your hearing.”
Luke 4:14-21
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
Psalm
19:14
Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10
Psalm 19
1 Corinthians 12:12-31a
Luke 4:14-21