Dear Ones -

When we gather this week we will be in at least two things - first, it 
is still the Christmas season and, second, we'll be in the chaos of a 
new year.

I will continue to base my talks, for a while, on an understanding of 
the Christmas stories. The stories are full of light. We are called to 
live in the light. We are called to bring light to a dark world. We 
are also invited to bring into the light those aspects of ourselves 
that are in "the shadow." And, we are called to "lighten up."

The talk I want to offer you this week is all about light in its 
various applications. I'm call it -

Enlighten-Up

Much love,

Bill Kerley

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Dear Folks -

This week's talk begins with the explanation of the origin of the word 
"bedlam." It actually comes from the word "Bethlehem." This is the 
last of the talks in the series I have been giving on the Christmas 
stories. I called it "From Bethlehem to Bedlam."

This is the experience of our lives is to go from the peaceful and 
hopeful scenes that Christmas generate in us to the chaos of our 
lives. I make two suggestions of how we can deal with this: live 
deeply and pay attention to what and who we identify with.

The text I used for the talk is below. We had technical difficulties 
this week so no audio of the talk was captured. Sorry about that.

Much love,

Bill Kerley

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Dear Folks -

The title of the "life talk" this week is "Digging Christmas."

To "dig" Christmas has, for me, two meanings:

First, to understand.

Second, to delve deeply into.

My goal in this talk was for us to understand both the context in 
which the Christmas stories were conceived and told and to understand 
the context in which we live. Our times and our lives are much more 
like those who were in power at the time of the birth of Jesus than we 
are accustomed to thinking. The talk I gave amplifies on these matters.

The text I used for the talk is below. The audio version is different 
somewhat. You can listen to it by going to the Ordinary Life website 
where you will also find the overheads, including cartoons, I used in 
the talk.

Much love,

Bill Kerley

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