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LtQ Hits Amazon No.1 — Thank You!!

By Jennifer Schwarz | December 15, 2012 | 0 Comments

Thanks to you and who-knows-how-many other fans of LtQ, Living the Questions: The Wisdom of Progressive Christianity hit #1 on Amazon’s Theology Bestseller List on December 12, 2012!  Thank you!!  It’s a “Thank You” Sale!! 50% off ALL LtQ Home Edition DVDs now through Christmas! Living the Questions 2.0 Saving Jesus Redux First Light Eclipsing Empire Just go…

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12.12.12!

By Jennifer Schwarz | December 12, 2012 | 0 Comments

Are you a fan, groupie, or friend of LtQ? Then here’s your chance to help spread the word about Living the Questions and Progressive Christianity! David and Jeff’s new book, “Living the Questions: The Wisdom of Progressive Christianity” is available wherever books are sold or downloaded – BUT, if we all band together and buy…

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Another Version of Virgin…

By Jennifer Schwarz | December 11, 2012 | 9 Comments

With Pope Benedict’s recent release of a book reflecting on the Nativity, the historicity of the Virgin Birth is yet again back in the news. It seems that Benedict is more concerned that barnyard animals are inaccurately included in most traditional Nativity scenes than the fact that insistence on a literal virgin birth is one…

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It’s a bestseller scheme!

By Jennifer Schwarz | December 7, 2012 | 3 Comments

Are you a fan, groupie, or friend of LtQ? Then here’s your chance to help spread the word about Living the Questions and Progressive Christianity! David and Jeff’s new book, “Living the Questions: The Wisdom of Progressive Christianity” is available wherever books are sold or downloaded – BUT, if we all band together and buy…

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Exorcising the Military Option

By Jennifer Schwarz | November 20, 2012 | 1 Comment

Tragic as the downfall of CIA Director General David Petraeus might be, it’s just the symptom of a much larger problem: the “spirit of militarism.” The high rates of military divorces, suicides, and PTSD diagnoses seem to suggest that what we have asked our military to do over the last ten years has put severe strain…

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Horizontal Transcendence

By Jennifer Schwarz | November 10, 2012 | 0 Comments

In a reflection reminiscent of Emerson’s appeal to see in every fair flower a “wayside sacrament,” Philip Clayton urges the seeker to not miss the miracle of every moment: “Do not, in your rush to find ultimate meaning and the ground of all being, neglect the transcendence that lies around you like a miracle at…

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Marcus Borg on Systemic Injustice

By Jennifer Schwarz | November 6, 2012 | 2 Comments

Systemic justice is a result-oriented justice Marcus Borg contends that Jesus has something to say about the way we organize ourselves in community — that when a society is structured to serve the self-interests of the wealthy and powerful it is not a just society. “If you have a society in which 1% of the…

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A Progressive Christian Christmas Pageant: Matt & Lucy’s Version Births

By Jennifer Schwarz | October 23, 2012 | 0 Comments

Churches across the world are deep into planning for Christmas. Living the Questions offers everything a progressive Christian church needs to put on a Christmas pageant this year. Take a look at Matt & Lucy’s Version Births: Synopsis There are four “canonical” gospels in the Bible. While Matthew and Luke are the only gospels to tell the…

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War and Peace: How Do You Feel Called?

By Jennifer Schwarz | October 5, 2012 | 0 Comments

In our world filled with war and terrorism Walter Bruggemann says the world belongs to God who calls us to Shalom. During this election year – as we debate issues of war and peace – how do you feel called? Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary.…

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Do The Parables Speak To Us?

By Jennifer Schwarz | September 27, 2012 | 1 Comment

Does Scripture have relevance for the 21st Century? Are there lessons in the parables that speak to us about loving our enemies or even labor relations? Amy-Jill Levine says yes. What do you say? Dr. Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies, and  Professor of…

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