Joy: Part 1

Bridgetown Audio Podcast

Bridgetown Church

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

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🗓️ 8 December 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Part 7 of the series "Unhurrying with a Rule of Life", as part of Practicing the Way. The twentieth century spiritual director Evelyne Underhill once said, “The spirit of Joy and the spirit of Hurry cannot live in the same house.” In part one of this two-part teaching, we explore a biblical theology of joy, and all the ways it is incompatible with hurry.

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0:00.0	Close your eyes for just a moment.
0:03.3	And I want you just to take a deep breath
0:07.3	and draw to your mind an image of Jesus.
0:12.5	This is not a test, so just relax on the details.
0:16.3	But by way of reminder, Jesus was a first century
0:19.4	Jew from the Galilee in the North.
0:21.9	He likely had brown skin, dark hair, a scrubby beard,
0:27.6	and simple dress.
0:29.7	Just take a moment and imagine Jesus in your mind's eye.
0:35.7	Now, open your eyes.
0:37.5	Question, how many of you in your mental picture of Jesus
0:41.9	was he smiling?
0:45.2	OK, so about 20 of you, well done.
0:48.1	You win the Theology Extra Credit Award tonight.
0:51.6	Well done.
0:52.2	You must have a good teacher somewhere
0:53.8	at the church you're a part of.
0:54.9	But no, like I would just take credit for that.
0:57.8	It was a joke.
0:58.4	I'm not serious.
1:00.7	So should I just walk off stage?
1:02.4	If that's any, are you out for tonight?
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