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WHOSE Birthday?
A 4-episode series drawn from Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway? #15 (lectionary cycle B), 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.
Meet the author:
Episode 103: Kathy McGinnis, director and co-founder of The Institute for Peace & Justice, and her late husband Jim, wrote the reflections for the “Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway?” series in the upcoming Nov.-Dec. episodes (#15). Visit the Institute’s site to see its fascinating history, inspiring programs and numerous awards.
10 Tips for a Simpler, More Meaningful Christmas | SPANISH: 10 puntas
Music: Sing Justice! Do Justice! New Hymn & Song Texts to Familiar & New Tunes (index + selections) | Source | Media Release | AUDIO: Hope Is a Candle (Advent candle lighting hymn) | O Baby Born in Bethlehem | God of Justice Everflowing (Advent hymn)
#104-Pre-Advent
- Whatever Happened to Christmas?
- Why a Simpler Christmas?
- Weekly Family Time: How to Use These Reflections & Activities
- 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
- A Simple Christmas Daily Calendar
- The Joy of Responsible Gift-Giving
- A Special Holiday Letter
- What Do Kids Really Want?
Also Mentioned–Simple Living 101: Tools for Activists (shy or bold)
#105-Advent 1-2
- Advent 1: “We Are All the Work of Your Hands”
- Advent 2: “Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord”
- A Simple Christmas Daily Calendar
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Worshipful Ceremonies
- Love Gift Advent Tree
- An “Alternative” Carol
- Birthday Gift for Jesus (poem)
#106-Advent 3-4 & Christmas Eve
- Advent 3: “Bring Glad Tidings to the Poor”
- Advent 4: “Behold Your Handmaid, O Lord”
- Christmas Eve: “You Shall Be Called ‘My Delight'”
#107-Christmas Season-Epiphany
- Christmas I: Holy Family Sunday”Over All These Clothes, Put on Love”
- Epiphany: “Then They Opened Their Treasures…”
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More Fun Activities (no audio): Christmas Quiz // WHOSE Birthday “Contest”
BONUS Items (no audio)
Themes/Seasons: Alternatives’ Collections Index: Advent/Christmas/Epiphany
Spanish Advent-Christmas Resources
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WHOSE Birthday? #29, online edition for 2017.
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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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- Carols with Justice – Entire collection of 15 carols (new words to familiar tunes) as text and audio || Jill Miller and DeeEtta Riley || Pageant based on these carols
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Carols Sing-Along
These new stanzas help to connect Jesus’ birth with our lives through social justice, care of Creation, and discipleship as simpler living.
Table of Contents
- Introduction to this collection
- Hints on formatting these texts for your use.
- Why Carols with Justice
- List of Carols
- Introduction to the Carols
- How to Use this Resource
- The Carols
- Angels We Have Heard on High
- Away in a Manger
- Go Tell it on the Mountain
- Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful
- It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
- God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
- Angels, from the Realms of Glory
- O Little Town of Bethlehem
- Once in Royal David’s City
- Silent Night, Holy Night!
- What Child Is This
- Oh, Come, Oh, Come, Emmanuel
- The First Noel
- Deck the Halls
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
- A Statement on Biblical Justice
- When we sing favorite carols, let’s add justice to the traditional verses.
Music: Sing Justice! Do Justice! New Hymn & Song Texts to Familiar & New Tunes (index + selections) | Source | Media Release | AUDIO: Hope Is a Candle (Advent candle lighting hymn) | O Baby Born in Bethlehem | God of Justice Everflowing (Advent hymn)
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
- 2017
- 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
Episode 56: Ken Weigel, Exec. Dir. of Advent Conspiracy
Can Christmas still change the world? The Christmas story is a story of love, hope, redemption and relationship. So, what happened? How did it turn into stuff, stress and debt? Somehow, we’ve traded the best story in the world for the story of what’s on sale.
In 2006 five pastors imagined a better Christmas practice for their own communities. Today, Advent Conspiracy is a global movement of people and churches resisting the cultural Christmas narrative of consumption by choosing a revolutionary Christmas through
- Spending Less,
- Giving More
- Loving All
- Worshipping Fully
In this episode, Ken illuminates each of those four tenets.
It is not enough to say no to the way Christmas is celebrated by many; we need to say yes to a different way of celebrating.
This Christmas, give to change the world. Since its beginning, Advent Conspiracy invited every co-conspirator to allocate a portion of resources to address the global water crisis. There may be no better time of year to really see the stark contrast between the extravagance of culture and the simplicity of water. More than a billion of our global neighbors lack access to clean water and sanitation, and we believe Christmas can change this. Because of people like you who have entered into the conspiracy, millions of dollars have been given to provide clean water solutions around the world.
FREE Church Resources: Children’s Curriculum, audio, video, more // Advent Conspiracy FAQ’s
- The Ugly Food Project – Let’s Have an Ugly Food Thanksgiving
- Part 2 — Episode 77: Fighting for Clean Water with Paula Wansa (9/15/16)
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 [9/1/16]
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
- Episode 102: Meghann Jarchow, founder and coordinator of the Univ. of So. Dakota Sustainability Program. The Univ. of So. Dakota is building a Sustainability Program at the campus in Vermillion, SD. Though a young interdisciplinary bachelor’s degree housed in the biology dept., It is working toward a master’s program and eventually a Ph.D.
Dr. Meghann Jarchow (JAR-koe) is the founder and coordinator of the program. She works with numerous organizations in a basically conservative state, to create a vision of sustainability. The means to reach that vision are very much in development among the various stakeholders in this agriculture-based state. In addition to Sierra Club, the Sustainability Club, Greening Vermillion, and others, USD is a member of UMACS — Upper Midwest Assoc. for Campus Sustainability.
Meghann’s sites: http://www.usd.edu/sustainability // http://www.jarchowlab.org/
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Episode 101 Paul K. Chappell is the Peace Leadership Director of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, an Iraq War veteran, West Point graduate, international speaker, and author of six books.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu has said of him, “Paul K. Chappell has given us a crucial look at war and peace from the unique perspective of a soldier, and his new ideas show us why world peace is both necessary and possible in the 21st century. The End of War can help people everywhere understand why war must end, and how together we can end it.”
A recent event in Paso Robles, CA, was co-sponsored by Paso Peace Community, Members of the North County Clergy Group, Rotary International PeaceBuilders, and Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
www.paulkchappell.com // www.wagingpeace.org // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_K._Chappell
Paso Peace Community Blog on Paul’s visit: Why World Peace Is Possible
Don’t confuse Paul K. Chappell with the conservative preacher/author Paul Chappell!
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Episode 100 (Sept. 1): Reformation history scholar, Bishop Guy Erwin of the Southwest Calif. Synod, ELCA, on the relevance and meaning of the Reformation today.
This is part of a short series honoring the 500th year of the Reformation, which for many culminates on Reformation Sunday, October 29th.
Bishop Erwin on FaceBook // Southwest Calif. Synod, ELCA, on Facebook // Radicalizing Reformation site // International Congress for Luther Research: 1517. Luther between Tradition and Renewal [German and English]
Decolonizing Lutheranism // on Facebook
ELCA = Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the largest and most progressive Lutheran denomination in the US. ELCA on FaceBook.
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Episode 99 [8/15] — Order of Lutheran Franciscans: Minister General Christopher – Brother Chris – and novice Jeff Brown – Brother Jeff — tell their personal stories, as well as the background and faith foundations of OLF. Remarkable connections to voluntary simplicity!
This is part of a short series honoring the 500th year of the Reformation, which for many culminates on Reformation Sunday at the end of October.
OLF website // OLF on FaceBook
ELCA = Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the largest and most progressive Lutheran denomination in the US. ELCA on FaceBook.
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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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