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Here’s a quick update on the Ordinary Life Talks through August 31.
Sunday, July 20 was the last class Dr. Kerley taught before taking some time off.
Make Note of The Upcoming Speaker Schedule Below.
July 27 and August 3, Dr. Jim Bankston will be Teaching
August 10 will be Dr. Holly Hudley
August 17, Brooke Summers-Perry
August 24, Shawn Nemeth
and on August 31, State Representative, Ann Johnson
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Join Us Each Sunday Morning at 9:30 in Fondren Hall
Upstairs in the Jones Bldg.
Either In Person or on Live Stream
Rev. Dr. Bill Kerley
Making the already sacred Journey Sacred
This is the current theme being taught in Ordinary Life. As our understanding of an infinite cosmos increases, how do we make sense of the sacred? What is our use for myth and ritual? Drawing upon wisdom from John Sanford, Frederick Beuchner, and Edward Edinger, the new theme engages with the importance of the interior journey, the one we make within and throughout a lifetime. Click here for the Livestream on Sundays at 9:45.
Photo from Carl Jung’s Red Book
Cultivating a daily practice
The principles of Ordinary Life lead to fullness. Not life without death or difficulty, for that's not life. Our goal is to BE in ordinary life. One can embody the principles by adopting a daily spiritual practice.
Rather than encouraging "right" beliefs that focus on the God "out there," spiritual practice connects us to the here and now. A common retort is, "I don't have time." But the fact is everyone meditates. The issue is about what and to what degree you exercise conscious control over a meditation practice. If you choose a path that enlarges your being and contributes to the common good in matters of inclusivity, peace, hope, and joy then you take up a practice that "meditates" on these matters.
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Podcast
The teachings of Ordinary Life aim to help us live into more wisdom and compassion, to move beyond dualism into a greater sense of belonging and wholeness. We need these teachings more than ever in today’s fractured world, and Ordinary Life bridges psychology, spiritual practice, evolutionary cosmology, and religious literacy.
