I took this photo several years ago at the Common Ground Faire in Maine. What drew my eye and why I lifted my camera and pressed the shutter button was my attraction to the texture and range of colors of the thread. I realized this week that this photo would look terrific in our dining room above our pottery cabinet because of the colors in our house and to celebrate our daughter's weaving passion. 

I was also looking for a photo to illumine today's Gospel text, Mark 12:28-34. Jesus is asked which commandment is first, and he shares two. Love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. And love your neighbor as yourself. The first one is challenging, and difficult to measure. The second is real. That annoying person who is not like you. The one with the wrong political sign. Those who don't look like you or talk like you. And the ones who like different music and different books. Oh, those neighbors.