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WHOSE Birthday?
A 4-episode series drawn from Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway? #20, Alternatives’ annual Advent/Christmas/Epiphany resource for individuals, families and congregations.
To find resources referenced in each episode, go to the links in the TEXT version of each item. All the items are linked below. Or use the search engine in window #4 at SimpleLivingWorks.org.
#80-Pre-Advent
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- Whatever Happened to Christmas?
- Why a Simpler Christmas?
- Weekly Family Time: How to Use These Reflections & Activities
- Let Us Have a Truly Christ-like Christmas
- Top 10 Uses of “Whose Birthday?”
- More Exciting, Helpful Ways to Use “Whose Birthday?”
- Going Beyond “Whose Birthday?”
- Alternative Giving: What Jesus Wants for Christmas
- This Season, Practice Christian Hospitality – Marilyn Sharpe
- St. Nick: The Real Santa Claus – A St. Nick Event – Bonnie Morgan
- Christmas Math – Meg Cox
- Christmas Poems: Poem – John Greenleaf Whittier
#81-Advent
- The Promise of Advent: Gospel Nonviolence – Paul Amrhein
- Getting Beyond Trading – John Marty
- Giving BIG – A Modern Day Widow’s Mite – Peter W. Marty
- Do Not Conform, But Be Transformed – Anne Basye
- Christmas Poems: Advent Haiku #14 – Cathy Brechtelsbauer
#82-Christmas Eve/Day
- Christmas for Real – Debra Dean Murphy
- Recovering Jesus – Tony Campolo
- Savoring Christmas Letters – Leslye A. Korvola
- The Joy of Reading Aloud – Bruce Forbes
- Gift of Our Gifts – Mitch Harbison
- Extending the Joy – Joan Huguenard
#83-Christmas Season-Epiphany
- Away in a Stank Manger – Shane Claiborne
- Connecting at Christmas: A Memory of Warm Springs Chapel – Becky Garrison
- Twelve Days of Christmas Activity Envelopes – Barbara Howard
- Epiphany Celebration – Barbara Howard
- Simple Candle-Lighting Ritual - Meg Cox
- Breaking the Rules – Aiden Enns
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WHOSE Birthday? #28, online edition for 2016.
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See article about “Whose Birthday?” in fall edition of the national publication for ELCA leaders, Seeds for the Parish, p. 7.
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Advent Conspiracy: video, family guide and Advent calendar, Sunday School curriculum, Advent sermon outline // SLW! Podcast
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The Simpler Living Daily NUDGE
- What Is The NUDGE? / How It Works / How Do It Get It: Send NUDGE to SimpleLivingWorks@Yahoo.com / How Do It Share It / More About Holidays
- 2016
- June — Alternative Giving
- July — Money & Goods
- August: Personal Choices, Happiness, Fulfillment
- September: Non-conform Freely
- October: Sustenance
- November: More Celebrating || Week 2: Preparations || Week 3:Unplug the Christmas Machine || Week 4: Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway?
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Welcome to the other podcast I co-host/produce, The Common Good Podcast.
Earlier Episodes
- Ep. 79: Lee Van Ham, Exec. Dir. of Jubilee OneEarth Economics, previews vol. 2 of his “Eden for the 21st Century” trilogy, entitled, “From Egos to Eden: Our Heroic Journey to Keep Earth Livable”
- Ep. 78: James Howard Kunstler, author, social critic, blogger, speaker
- The Ugly Food Project – Let’s Have an Ugly Food Thanksgiving
- Part 2 — Episode 77: Fighting for Clean Water with Paula Wansa (9/15)
How a small group of women cleaned up California’s most toxic waste dump over 20 years and protected their water supply and school. // VIDEO — Thirsty for Justice: The Struggle for the Human Right to Water
Part 1 — Episode 76: Celebrating Ugly Food / Gleaning with Pastor Amy Beveridge, Gail McNichols-Oliver and Emily Wilson [9/1]
Exploring the intersection of food, water & faith in a time of drought.
Every Sunday in August, Bethel Lutheran Church (ELCA), Templeton, CA – Speakers, film, music, worship, fun! + Ugly Food Banquet.Bethel Lutheran’s Ugly Food Project promotion items (media releases, bulletin inserts, etc.) Plus an extended conversation with Gail McNichols-Oliver, a founder of GleanSLO, and Biblical reflections by Pr. Amy in light of Jesus’ feeding the multitudes. Including Ugly Food Facts / Tips / Resources
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SLW! Recommends Literacy Service
This service contains books (paper, eBooks, audio), video (DVD, internet), audio (CD, MP3), blogs, podcasts, sites. These are somewhat current resources. For classic resources, visit Study/Activity/Action Guides. For more ideas, go to Getting Started. Also see Champions of Simple Living and other worthwhile Links.
Simpler Living Alternative Daily Calendar – NOV.
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The complete 3-1/2 hour straight talk between Tony Campolo and Shane Claiborne about simple living and global justice — episodes 20-27.Champions of Simple Living Today
Vicki Robin, Cecile Andrews, John de Graaf, Duane Elgin and more!
Simple Living blog/podcast/site preview service
Treasury of Celebrations: Create Celebrations That Reflect Your Values and Don’t Cost the Earth, the last edition of the classic series Alternate Celebrations Catalogs.
Simple Living 101: Tools for Activists (shy or bold) | Share the Joy of a Simpler Lifestyle Through Speeches, Workshops, Events, Study/Action Groups, Simplicity Circles and Social Media + BONUS: Social Media Supplement // Self-Starters Needed! // Free coaching for groups on the internet
Themes/Seasons: Alternatives’ Collections Index: Advent/Christmas/Epiphany | Lent/Easter | Other Seasons | Anytime/Non-Seasonal | Music | Art | Audio | Video | Spanish | Living More with Less
Spirit of Simplicity: Quotes and Art for Simpler Living and Global Justice (Foreword by Cecile Andrews) | Introduction | How to Use This Collection | QUOTES | ART | En Español (all)
10 Tips for a Simpler, More Meaningful Christmas | SPANISH: 10 puntas
Jubilee Economics / The OneEarth Project colleague Lee Van Ham’s book Blinded by Progress: Breaking Out of the Illusion That Holds Us, part of The OneEarth Project. Also, hear The Common Good Podcast, which I co-host and produce. || NEW three minute film: Ecology and Economics—Colleagues, Not Rivals || Conversation about The OneEarth Project and the book, Blinded by Progress: Breaking Out of the Illusion That Holds Us, by Lee Van Ham, including TheCommonGoodPodcast.com, episode 42 || Lee’s Slide Show || Lee’s new blog series Jubilee Is Bigger Than We’d Thought: Permeates Scripture, Addresses Today’s Crises
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