ORDINARY LIFE - Thoughts and Ideas to Help You Live a Happier Life

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Summary of Ordinary Life for April 21, 2024

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Dear Ones -

There is no text of Ordinary Life this week. The reason is that the class time was spent with a dialogue between me and the Rev. Melinda Owens. Melinda is the minister in charge of pastoral care for St. Paul’s and ever since she has been here, the two of us have had a special and playful connection. I wanted to introduce her to the folks of Ordinary Life and vice versa. I used ideas I stole from James Lipton and Stephen Colbert to fashion a series of questions to ask Melinda - some silly and some serious. We had a great time. I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE you to listen or watch the time we had together.

In my opinion the ministry of pastoral care for a church like St. Paul’s, large and not a parish church, is the most challenging work of the church. I ended the time by saying what I will say here, it is an absolute privilege to get to be in and alongside Melinda in working for St. Paul’s.

Next Sunday, Dr. Holly Hudley will be teaching Ordinary Life as I will be giving the sermon in both services that Sunday. The following Sunday our senior pastor, Dr. Jeff McDonald, will be holding a “town hall” meeting about his time at General Conference.

That’s a brief summary of this week’s time in Ordinary Life.

Our podcast, “In Between,” can be accessed through the Ordinary Life web site.

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