02-08-13 Today's Bible Scripture.

;;;;; O Lord my God, how great you are! You are robed with honor and majesty. You are dressed in a robe of light. You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens: you lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds. You make the clouds your chariot; you ride upon the wings of the wind. Ps 104: 1-3

This illuminated and illustrated Arabic manuscript of the Gospels by Matthew (Mattá), Mark (Marquṣ), Luke (Lūqā), and John (Yūḥannā) was copied in Egypt by Ilyās Bāsim Khūrī Bazzī Rāhib, who was most likely a Coptic monk, in Anno Mundi 7192 / 1684 CE. The text is written in naskh in black ink with rubrics in red. The beheading of St. John the Baptist.

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Megan Bartlett (left) and her sister, Hannah, read the scripture lesson for the May 14 worship service at the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. Megan--who was born with Down syndrome--and Hannah are the daughters of the Rev. Laura Jaquith Bartlett, the worship and music director of the gathering. Photo by Paul Jeffrey, UMNS.