ORDINARY LIFE - Thoughts and Ideas to Help You Live a Happier Life
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Summary of Ordinary Life for July 2, 2023
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Dear Ones -
I began this week’s time in Ordinary Life with what are likely the oldest words in the writings that are commonly referred to by Christians as “the Old Testament.” The words are: “A wandering Aramean was my father.” If one claims to be a follower of Jesus, one’s identity is historically tied to Judaism. I give a brief history of the Jewish exile into Babylon because we are in an exile of our own. We are in exile for two reasons: the country is moving to “the right” and the world-view in which our inherited Christian understandings were created no longer exists. The major roadblocks in going forward are: people think they already know the story, people have been hurt by “the church,” and doing deconstruction/reconstruction work is hard. Nonetheless, our faith that our identity is “who we are in God” is sufficient to carry us forward. I called the time -
Wondering and Wandering While in Exile
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Be well and much love,
Bill Kerley
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