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Christmas Carol Challenge

By Jennifer Schwarz | December 26, 2014 | 0 Comments

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…

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Christmas Carols Based on Mark’s Birth Narrative

By Jennifer Schwarz | December 15, 2014 | 0 Comments

Anybody 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…

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Two more BRAND NEW Carols from OZ

By Jennifer Schwarz | December 13, 2014 | 0 Comments

Thanks 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…

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Seriously. A New (and Singable) Advent Hymn

By Jennifer Schwarz | December 5, 2014 | 0 Comments

More 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…

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Oy Vey Maria! The Virgin Birth as Mistake, Marketing, and Major Distraction

By Jennifer Schwarz | December 20, 2013 | 0 Comments

Living the Questions’ co-author, David Felten, is on Huffington Post with a blogpost for Christmas. Check it out by clicking HERE or on the “Mary & Jesus” graphic. __________________________ “There really is something about Mary. Catholics aren’t the only ones who harbor a measure of devotion to Jesus’ mother that can sometimes border on the…

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50% off Christmas Sale!

By Jennifer Schwarz | December 10, 2013 | 0 Comments

In celebration of Christmas,  purchase any LtQ curriculum edition today or tomorrow (12.10.13 & 12.11.13)  and get 50% off! To place your order, simply go to our LtQ website, log in to your member account, and add the curriculum edition program(s) to your shopping cart. Then enter coupon code C5CE into the coupon code field on…

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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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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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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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Christmas with David Felten & Pat McMahon

By Jennifer Schwarz | December 23, 2011 | 1 Comment

David Felten, co-creator of Living the Questions, visits with Pat McMahon on some of the lesser known elements of the Christmas stories. For natives of Phoenix, Pat McMahon is a living legend. A pillar of the local media scene for over 50 years, Pat is not only a respected radio and TV host, but was…

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