Dear Folks -
I built the "life talk" I offered in Ordinary Life this week around two things:
First, a prayer by Alan Paton titled "A Prayer for Courage to Do Justice."
Second, a recent survey that showed that the three favorite phrases people like to hear are, in this order, "I love you." "I forgive you." And, "Come to dinner."
Justice and inclusiveness are what a wise and useful spiritual path are all about.
The full text I tried to follow is below. If you want to see and enjoy the cartoons, you'll have to go to the Ordinary Life web site. You can find the audio version of the talk there as well.
Ordinary Life will not meet next week as it is Easter. Also, on April on April 22 we will have a guest speaker, Steven Fenberg, author of "Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism and the Common Good will speak to us.
Much love,
Bill Kerley
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A phrase that is uttered from time to time about some leader is "He or she has the courage of his or her convictions." This is seen as an admirable trait. Usually it means that a person has taken a strong stand on some matter.
What I advocated in the "life talk" I offered in Ordinary Life this week was the importance of having the courage of our confusions. My claim is that a person who isn't confused these days simply isn't thinking. What matters most, from the most personal to the most global matters, is not answers but questions.
That is a bit of a summary of the talk I gave. You'll have to go online to see the cartoons and photos I mention.
The full text I tried to follow is below - minus, of course, the card trick and a couple of the jokes. Those are in the audio version.
Much love,
Bill Kerley
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