Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, with instruction about ablutions, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. And this we will do if God permits. For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they then commit apostasy, since they crucify the Son of God on their own account and hold him up to contempt. For land which has drunk the rain that often falls upon it, and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed; its end is to be burned.

Though we speak thus, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things that belong to salvation. For God is not so unjust as to overlook your work and the love which you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do. And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

–Hebrews 6:1-12

Tracks In The Barley. 18°C. Cow Parsley in abundance. pic.twitter.com/RTnbuFVphk

— Yorkshire Wolds Weather (@WeatherWolds) May 22, 2023

O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting.  Amen.

"While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven." Luke 24:51 #AscensionSunday #medievaltwitter
A #medieval manuscript of the #Ascension. ✝️ pic.twitter.com/oy26UxUC4Y

— Marlene T. Diaz (@academicknight) May 21, 2023

And you he made alive, when you were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience. Among these we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of body and mind, and so we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with him, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God–not because of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

–Ephesians 2:1-10

A lovely Sunday morning. (With this stunning weather, it won’t be long before the river Cam is full of punts.) @QueensCam @Cambridge_Uni #cambridge pic.twitter.com/n4FEwzIFMz

— Mohamed A. El-Erian (@elerianm) May 21, 2023

Almighty God, who in a rude and barbarous age didst raise up thy deacon Alcuin to rekindle the light of learning: Illumine our minds, we pray thee, that amid the uncertainties and confusions of our own time we may show forth thine eternal truth, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

19 May 804: d. Alcuin, scholar, poet from #York who was reputed the most learned person of his time #otd pic.twitter.com/1Pn7FJyjDa

— John McCafferty (@jdmccafferty) May 19, 2023

Almighty God, whose blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ ascended far above all heavens, that he might fill all things: Mercifully give us faith to perceive that according to his promise he abideth with his Church on earth, even unto the end of the world; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.

Hail the day that sees him rise, Alleluia!
to his throne beyond the skies. Alleluia!
Christ, the Lamb for sinners given, Alleluia!
enters now the highest heaven. Alleluia!

Happy Feast of the Ascension! pic.twitter.com/E42GZPImkD

— Bart Gingerich ⚓ (@bjgingerich) May 18, 2023

On the holy mount stands the city he founded; the LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob. Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God.

–Psalm 87:1-3

Pretty nice way to start Saturday. #IowaCity #iawx #skiesoveriowa @KopelmanWX @KGAN_Weather @WXSchnack @KWWLStormTrack7 @NWSQuadCities @KyleKielWX @Kaj_OMara @eileenloanWX @NStewCBS2 @WxMarshall @grabermike @davidlQuiram @GHeydWX @brandonlaw_wx @joe_Winters @ThePhotoHour pic.twitter.com/6c9GjYU9XB

— ICHawkeye ✈️ (@ICHawkeye) May 20, 2023

Timothy Keller, an evangelical minister who started a thriving church in New York City and cultivated a national following with a theology that separated faith from party politics and centered his vision of conservative Christianity in the hubbub of modern life, died May 19 at his home in New York. He was 72.

His death was announced in an email by Redeemer Churches and Ministries, a network of organizations established by Dr. Keller. He was diagnosed in 2020 with pancreatic cancer and had previously been treated for thyroid cancer.

Dr. Keller spent nearly three decades as pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, a congregation he founded in 1989.

Unlike the leaders of many evangelical megachurches, he did not employ Jumbotrons or pop music in his services. He adhered to traditional liturgy and music while peppering his sermons with references to Saint Augustine and ancient Greek, Flannery O’Connor and Woody Allen, J.R.R. Tolkien and “Star Wars.”

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Timothy Keller, an evangelical minister who cultivated a national following with a theology that separated faith from party politics and centered his vision of conservative Christianity in the hubbub of modern life, died May 19 in New York. He was 72.https://t.co/3V1q5gtPfi

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 19, 2023

Beloved, impactful, faithful pastor Tim Keller has died at age 72.

He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer three years ago and continued to write about the gospel, God, heaven, and suffering throughout his treatment.

From @CTmagazine: https://t.co/kIo8RcjeEH

— kate shellnutt (@kateshellnutt) May 19, 2023

More Americans struggle to meet expenses now than in the immediate aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, when millions lost their means of employment, a Census Bureau survey showed.

About 38.5% of American adults — or 89.1 million people — faced difficulty in paying for usual home expenses between April 26 and May 8, according to the latest Household Pulse Survey. That’s up from 34.4% a year ago and 26.7% during the same period in 2021.

The Census Bureau collaborates with multiple federal agencies to compile the survey developed during the pandemic to collect data and measure household experiences to help inform federal and state governments.

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More than 90 Million American adults struggle to make ends meet, the Census says https://t.co/mJgBnsYQ3V

— Bloomberg (@business) May 18, 2023

It took a lot out of us for 3-4 days and then we have battled fatigue and headaches for a couple of weeks. Just be reminded that the virus is still out there and thanks for your prayers and support–KSH.

The text comes from Hymns of the Anglo-Saxon Church, ed. Inge B. Milfull (Cambridge, 1996), pp. 317-8. Here’s a translation:

Hail Dunstan, star and shining adornment of bishops, true light of the English nation and leader preceding it on its path to God.

You are the greatest hope of your people, and also an innermost sweetness, breathing the honey-sweet fragrance of life-giving balms.

In you, Father, we trust, we to whom nothing is more pleasing than you are. To you we stretch out our hands, to you we pour out our prayers….

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19 May is the feast of St Dunstan, one of the greatest saints of Anglo-Saxon England, who died in 988 – a multi-talented archbishop, statesman, musician, metal-worker, and devil-fighter https://t.co/HblFsbRp5o pic.twitter.com/8ujcJ3pQuq

— Eleanor Parker (@ClerkofOxford) May 19, 2023

O God of truth and beauty, who didst richly endow thy Bishop Dunstan with skill in music and the working of metals, and with gifts of administration and reforming zeal: Teach us, we beseech thee, to see in thee the source of all our talents, and move us to offer them for the adornment of worship and the advancement of true religion; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

St Dunstan with his tongs in Peterborough Cathedral, by Carter Shapland c1960 I think. Today's the feast of St Dunstan. His somewhat anguished face may be repeated by many in Peterborough today after the remarkable events of last night. pic.twitter.com/G8Y3bjoFIh

— Simon Knott (@last_of_england) May 19, 2023

Almighty God, whose only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ ascended into heaven: May our hearts and minds also there ascend, and with him continually dwell; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Today is Ascension Thursday, so here is:
The Ascension
By Juan de Flandes, c. 1514-1519
(Museo Nacional del Prado) pic.twitter.com/oFrcwajmtE

— John McCafferty (@jdmccafferty) May 18, 2023

‘Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.’

-Psalm 85:10-11 (KJV)

Good morning from Staithes

📸 IG/gavinjohngarner pic.twitter.com/kF5tqCJUGf

— Love North Yorkshire (@LoveNorthYorks1) May 19, 2023

Thank you–KSH.

Heavenly Father, whose Son did pray that we all might be one: deliver us, we beseech thee, from arrogance and prejudice, and give us wisdom and forbearance, that, following thy servant Charles Henry Brent, we may be united in one family with all who confess the Name of thy Son Jesus Christ: who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

'a church that is set on counting its communicants+that moves heaven and earth to make a new Episcopalian, or Presbyterian, or Roman Catholic is a wretched little sect in God's sight, whatever be its pretensions and claims' Charles Henry Brent (1862-1929) #christianity #history pic.twitter.com/bHYonYnEUs

— Kendall Harmon (@KendallHarmon6) March 27, 2021

O God, whose Son Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd of your people: Grant that, when we hear his voice, we may know him who calls us each by name, and follow where he leads; who, with you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever.  Amen.

Happy May Day 💚🐑🌱🐑🌿🐑🌱🐑🌿🌱🐑💚🐑🌿🌱🌿🌱🌿🌱 pic.twitter.com/L8XnI7Lvbn

— Alison O’Neill ~ Shepherdess (@woolismybread) May 1, 2023

And so, from the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, to lead a life worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

–Colossians 1:9-14

Le lac, l’œil du paysage, Mayens d’Arbaz 💙💛😍🇨🇭#valais #suisse #switzerland #schweiz #ineedswitzerland #landscapephotography #landscape #photooftheday #photography #paysage #mountains #naturebeauty #lake #reflecfions #springday @MySwitzerland_e @Veronique_Kanel @valaiswallis pic.twitter.com/vaLBkE8nn7

— Délèze Dominique (@DelezeD) May 1, 2023