First Light ZOOM Webinar led by Rev. David Felten
$79.00
Join Rev. David Felten, co-creator of Living the Questions, for First Light: Jesus and the Kingdom of God Zoom Study. Registration includes twelve online Zoom sessions facilitated by pastor David along with supplemental study materials, including a 56-page Participant Guide written by Crossan. Of that guide, Dom writes: “It is all I have to say about Jesus after half a century of study — in succinct summary.”
The Zoom sessions will take place Thursday mornings 10am – noon (Arizona time/MST) with the first session taking place October 15th. Due to the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, Christmas and New Year’s, there will be three Thursdays off along the way. Please see the “Zoom Meeting Themes” tab below for meeting date details.
Co-sponsored by The Fountains, a United Methodist Church (www.weputlovefirst.org).
Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity for engaging conversation.
Important Note Regarding Study Materials and Zoom Meeting Information: Once your order is processed, you will be sent an order confirmation email. By Tuesday, Oct 6th, you will be sent an email with the Zoom meeting link. If you do not receive the emails, please check your spam folder. If the messages aren’t there, please contact Jennifer.
With fresh urgency in an America where White Christian Nationalism recruits Jesus to bless power, exclusion, and empire, Living the Questions’ First Light explores the historical Jesus, the Kingdom of God, and the collision between Jesus’ vision and Roman imperial theology.
Join John Dominic Crossan and Marcus Borg filmed live across the Galilee and Jerusalem as they guide us through not only Jesus’ challenge to empire, but how we can resist those same threats today.
Description
Join Rev. David Felten, co-creator of Living the Questions, for First Light: Jesus and the Kingdom of God Zoom Study. Registration includes twelve online Zoom sessions facilitated by pastor David along with supplemental study materials, including a 56-page Participant Guide written by Crossan. Of that guide, Dom writes: “It is all I have to say about Jesus after half a century of study — in succinct summary.”
The Zoom sessions will take place Thursday mornings 10am – noon (Arizona time/MST) with the first session taking place October 15th. Due to the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, Christmas and New Year’s, there will be three Thursdays off along the way. Please see the “Zoom Meeting Themes” tab above for meeting date details.
Co-sponsored by The Fountains, a United Methodist Church (www.weputlovefirst.org).
Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity for engaging conversation!
Important Note Regarding Study Materials and Zoom Meeting Information: If you registered for the webinar prior to Thursday, Oct 8th you were sent an email the night of the 8th containing the Zoom Meeting Link and links to the Reader and Discussion Questions. If you did not receive that email, please check your spam folder (message subject: ****MEETING LINK FOR FIRST LIGHT ZOOM WEBINAR***). If you registered after Oct 8th, please refer to the email you were sent upon placing your order (message subject: Your Living the Questions order has been received!). That email contains the Zoom Meeting Link along with the links to the Reader and Discussion Questions.
Webinar Facilitator
David Felten
Pastor at The Fountains, a United Methodist Church in Fountain Hills, Arizona (weputlovefirst.org), David and fellow United Methodist pastor, Jeff Procter-Murphy, are co-creators of the Living the Questions curriculum and authors of Living the Questions: The Wisdom of Progressive Christianity (HarperOne, 2012). David is one of the founders of No Longer Silent: Clergy for Justice, advocating for the full inclusion of LGBTQ people both in the church and in the community and one of the founding directors of Catalyst Arizona (formerly the Arizona Foundation for Contemporary Theology). Committed to bringing together people of diverse backgrounds and faith traditions for vital interfaith dialog, David is also the founder of the Fountain Hills Interfaith Alliance. As a musician, David has performed and recorded with a wide variety of local and nationally-known musicians. You can find David’s commentary and columns at ProgressiveChristianity.com and progressingspirit.com. Find him online at davidfelten.com.
Zoom Meeting Themes
| Zoom Session Title | Meeting Date |
|---|---|
| The Matrix of Jesus | Thurs, Oct 15 |
| The Advent of the Messiah | Thurs, Oct 22 |
| God’s Great Cleanup | Thurs, Oct 29 |
| Collaborative Eschaton | Thurs, Nov 5 |
| The Lake as the World | Thurs, Nov 12 |
| Parables as Lures | Thurs, Nov 19 |
| No Class | Thurs, Nov 26 - No Class |
| Jesus as Lord | Thurs, Dec 3 |
| Substitutionary Atonement? | Thurs, Dec 10 |
| Demonstrations in Jerusalem | Thurs, Dec 17 |
| No Classes | Thurs, Dec 24 & 31 - No Classes |
| The Crowd & the Crucifixion | Thurs, Jan 7 |
| Resurrection as Resistance | Thurs, Jan 14 |
| America as the New Rome | Thurs, Jan 21 |
Program Contributors
Marcus Borg
(1942–2015) was among the most widely known and influential voices in progressive Christianity. He was the Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture at Oregon State University and canon theologian at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland. His books have sold over a million copies, including the bestselling Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, Reading the Bible Again for the First Time, Jesus, The Heart of Christianity, Evolution of the Word, Speaking Christian, and Convictions. His work has been translated into eleven languages. The Marcus J. Borg Foundation marcusjborg.org is a repository of his work and the continuing conversation he so deeply engaged.
John Dominic Crossan
Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at De Paul University, John Dominic Crossan is generally acknowledged to be the premier historical Jesus scholar in the world. He has written thirty books including Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography, Who Killed Jesus? and The Birth of Christianity. A Roman Catholic monk for nineteen years and a priest for twelve years, Crossan is a former co-chair of The Jesus Seminar and a past-president of the Society of Biblical Literature.