ORDINARY LIFE - Thoughts and Ideas to Help You Live a Happier Life
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Summary of Ordinary Life for December 10, 2023
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Dear Ones -
I remind those of you in the Houston area that the Ordinary Life Christmas party is this Friday night. We gather at Anderson Fair at 6:30 p.m. Click here for details.
Most everyone in the Western World has heard or knows some version of the Christmas story. Whether they got what they know from “It’s a Charlie Brown Christmas” or from seeing a Christmas pageant presented at a Christmas Eve service, most people have been exposed to some version of the story. But, do we really know it? I asked Dr. Holly Hudley to co-teach with me this week and she set the stage for our time by sharing a delightful story about a conversation twins had in the womb before being born. I encouraged everyone to get and read the book by Crossan and Borge, “The First Christmas.” The birth stories are about the theology the child and not the biology of the mother. Holly invites us to use the characters in the story to sew how and where they reflect and touch on our own spiritual journey from darkness into light.
That’s a brief summary of this week’s time in Ordinary Life.
We called the time -
’Twas Two Weeks Before Christmas
The audio version of the talk has some differences from the text we spoke from. You can find the text of the talk, the presentation slides and the audio version of the talk using the links below.
Our podcast, “In Between,” can be accessed through the Ordinary Life web site.
If you would like to know how to make a contribution to Ordinary Life, click here for video instructions.
Be well and much love,
Bill Kerley
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To listen to or download the audio recording of today’s talk, you can use the audio player below. There was a short video clip played at the conclusion of class today, but the audio did not record correctly.
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