Hello and welcome to the Scriptures A Real podcast.

This is the podcast where we talk about elements of the scriptures that have become real to us,

because we believe the more real they are, the more power we can draw from them,

the more we can apply them to our lives, and we need that.

I'm your host, Kerry Mealstein, and today we're doing a shortcast.

This is based on really the comments and requests from a number of my audience members when

I talked with Trevin Hatch about elements of daily life in Jesus' day, and there was a lot of positive response from that and also some requests for a little bit more.

So we're going to talk about the kinds of houses they had, the kinds of what the villages looked like,

the kinds of places they lived, what it took to create food, the kind of food they ate.

I think we talked about what they dressed like in the last

one in health issues. So we'll cover those kinds of things today. So you can just picture Jesus and

his apostles a little bit better as you're reading these things. Before that, I want to take care

of a couple of business items. I don't do this on my podcast very much. I know most podcasts do,

and I don't do it very much,

but every now and then we need to do it. So I just want to take care of a couple of items.

The first is to give a really, really heartfelt thanks to those who help me with this podcast.

My guests, I have so many wonderful guests who just do this out of love of helping everyone learn about the scriptures.

And then, of course, my friend, he's a childhood friend and roommate in college. I'm so close

with Rich Nichols, who does the music, and my editor, I've had a number of people do editing,

but right now it's my daughter, Alexei

Emielstein, who's getting ready for her mission. And none of this would be possible if it wasn't

for Lisa Spice. I'm so grateful for Lisa Spice, who I really wouldn't have even started the podcast

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