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Congratulations to our Living the Questions Winners!

By Jennifer Schwarz | December 21, 2011 | 0 Comments

Our first ever Living the Questions online contest was a great success! In fact, so many people entered, that we decided to draw not one, but TWO winners to receive $300 in Living the Questions programs for Christmas! So, congratulations to: Bert Coffman, pastor at Church Of The Good Shepherd in Grafton, West Virginia Dody…

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Win $300 in FREE LtQ DVDs for Christmas!

By Jennifer Schwarz | December 14, 2011 | 2 Comments

Click on the flyer above or to go to LtQ’s Facebook page and press “like”!

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Living the Questions Endorses Spong’s “Re-Claiming the Bible”

By Jennifer Schwarz | November 8, 2011 | 1 Comment

Bishop John Shelby Spong’s latest book, “Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World,” comes out today. LtQ creators David Felten and Jeff Procter-Murphy were privileged to be included in list of those endorsing the new book. This collection of essays provides an accessible and informal primer on not only the history and significance of the…

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HRC taps Living the Questions contributors to promote LGBTQ rights

By Jennifer Schwarz | May 27, 2011 | 0 Comments

May 22nd – 24th saw hundreds of faith leaders from all 50 states participating in the Human Rights Campaign’s Clergy Call for Justice and Equality for 2011.  Among the leaders gathered in Washington, D.C. to support legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, to ban employment discrimination against LGBT people, and protect students from…

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Jesus is Coming. Look Busy!

By Jennifer Schwarz | May 20, 2011 | 2 Comments

LtQ2 contributor Rev. Dr. Barbara Rossing speaks for many rational followers of Jesus when she acknowledges that the rapture is nothing but fear-based spiritual abuse. Calling it the “rapture racket,” she points out how the rapture industry preys on desperate people frightened by unscrupulous and misguided teachers.  In Episode 13 of Living the Questions 2, “Debunking…

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The “Love Wins” Hellabelloo

By Jennifer Schwarz | March 11, 2011 | 8 Comments

hellabelloo noun [in sing.] informal 1. irrational tantrums among evangelical Christians over Rob Bell’s book, “Love Wins”: that’s quite a hellabelloo over Rob’s new book! 2. a commotion over “the tiddlywinks and peccadilloes of religion” (Fosdick); a fuss The evangelical blogosphere is all aflutter over Rob Bell’s soon-to-be-unleashed book “Love Wins.” Having perused an advance…

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Advertising: yet another slice of our culture allergic to expressions of faith

By Jennifer Schwarz | February 26, 2011 | 0 Comments

For those who didn’t see Mark Oppenheimer’s article in the New York Times earlier this month, Living the Questions was mentioned in his weekend “Beliefs” feature. Oppenheimer focused on the evangelical group, Fixed Point Foundation, and its effort to air an ad during the super bowl. In “Super Bowl Ads Will Leave a Religious Question…

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LtQ’s Jesus Jars Sports Illustrated, Angers Portland Radio Listeners

By Jennifer Schwarz | January 28, 2011 | 5 Comments

PORTLAND, OREGON – What is media giant Entercom Communications afraid of? Curriculum publisher “Living the Questions” recently contracted with three of Entercom’s Portland area stations, KGON-FM (Classic Rock), KWJJ-FM (Country), KYCH-FM (Classic Hits) to run professionally produced ads as part of their online streaming radio services. Without an explanation beyond “due to listener complaint,” the…

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“We Gonna Overcome”

By Jennifer Schwarz | January 13, 2011 | 0 Comments

Montgomery, Alabama. 1965. 100,000 people demonstrating for voting rights. Tex Sample was there. Finally the time came for Dr. King’s speech. I still regard that speech in Montgomery as the equal of the one that he had made in Washington in 1963. And when Dr. King enters into the last part of that speech, he began…

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Heather Murray Elkins on the Secret of Our Baptism

By Jennifer Schwarz | January 7, 2011 | 0 Comments

In this excerpt from the original Living the Questions program, Heather Murray Elkins shares a poignant story about the mystery and meaning of Christian baptism. The Rev. Dr. Heather Murray Elkins, teacher, author, and truck-stop chaplain, is Professor of Worship, Preaching, and the Arts at Drew Theological School.

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