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The Challenge went out the week before Christmas: Does anybody know a good Christmas carol based on Mark’s version of Jesus’ birth? But alas, Mark doesn’t have a “birth narrative” on which to base a Christmas carol. So, we challenged LtQers to come up with a carol anyway! Thanks to Dennis Ryle, Squire John, and Marian L Shatto for their…
Read MoreAnybody know a good Christmas carol based on Mark’s version of Jesus’ birth? You don’t? Well maybe we should write one! How’s this? “The No News Good News” A Christmas Carol According to Mark Tune: St. Louis (O Little Town of Bethlehem) Of Jesus’ birth we have no news, No details or anecdotes. It likely…
Read MoreThanks to everyone for their enthusiastic responses, shares, and praise for George Stuart’s lyrics! In response, George has written two BRAND NEW sets of lyrics. More Christmas than Advent, one is to the tune of “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” and the other is to the tune “The First Nowell.” In keeping with LtQ’s encouragement to actually…
Read MoreMore and more, practitioners of Progressive Christianity are speaking out about the beloved but threadbare hymns in current denominational hymnals. Most are intolerable. The rest are downright counter-productive to the foundations of 21st century faith. As George Stuart has noted, these traditional hymns use lyrics and words that “express ideas which singers no longer enthusiastically or…
Read More“Apocalyptic Awakening” By Bruce Sanguin (from If Darwin Prayed) O Holy One, we are a sleepy lot, slow to stir to the calling of the cosmos, deaf to the cries of the Earth and the forgotten ones, human and other-than-human. We distract ourselves with trivialities that have become idols; while the sun and the moon…
Read MoreIn 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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